Katizana’s workshop transforms prison life through art, offering inmates a sense of meaning, income and dignity. Despite ...

Fewer than 100 of the inmates held Friday in Port-au-Prince’s National Penitentiary remained behind bars Sunday, according to human rights attorney Arnel Remy, whose nonprofit works in the prison.

Haiti has been gripped by a wave of unrest and gang violence in recent years. Warring gangs control much of Port-au-Prince, choking off vital supply lines to the rest of the country.

Haiti has been gripped by a wave of unrest and gang violence in recent years. Warring gangs control much of Port-au-Prince, choking off vital supply lines to the rest of the country.

Flames engulf Haitian penitentiary as chaos reigns in Port-au-Prince It wasn't immediately clear who started the fire at the facility from which almost all prisoners escaped earlier this month.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti − Haiti’s government declared a state of emergency and nighttime curfew late Sunday in an effort to regain control of the streets after an explosion of violence over the ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Hundreds of inmates fled Haiti's main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility in an overnight explosion of violence that engulfed much of the capital. At least five ...

“We are all by ourselves. No government, no international community, no coherent security forces,” said Richard Senecal, a filmmaker who lives in Port-au-Prince.

CNN By Caitlin Hu and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from Haiti’s National Penitentiary in the capital, Port-au-Prince, after fighting broke out on Saturday ...

It also cited the attacks by armed groups on Saturday against the country’s two largest prisons, one in Port-au-Prince and another in Croix des Bouquets, which led to the escape of “dangerous ...

Haiti has been gripped by a wave of unrest and gang violence in recent years. Warring gangs control much of Port-au-Prince, choking off vital supply lines to the rest of the country.