The United Nations is urging Haiti to address the food, water, and medicine shortages imperiling its incarcerated population.
At least eight inmates died this week at a jam-packed prison in Haiti that ran out of food two months ago, becoming the latest victims of an ongoing crisis that has killed dozens of people this year.The Associated Press
But in recent months, inmates have been forced to rely solely on friends or family for food and water, and many times they are unable to visit because gang-related violence makes some areas impassable, said Michelle Karshan, co-founder of the nonprofit Health through Walls, which provides health care in Haiti's prisons.
A spike in gang violence following Moïse's assassination"has blocked the main roads leading out of Haiti's capital,"reported,"making it extremely difficult to distribute food and other supplies to the rest of the country."
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