Reality for health workers in Haiti: Bullets left windows broken, damaged several parts of the hospital

Reality for health workers in Haiti: Bullets left windows broken, damaged several parts of the hospital

The hospital leadership did their best to organise a proper evacuation but everything was delayed, and the fear kept rising. Some staff who had cars began leaving on their own, taking a few others with them. Watching them go made the rest of us feel abandoned and hopeless. Eventually, we decided to start walking, hoping to find some kind of public transportation.

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Cash-strapped Kenya turns to prisoners to plug deficit in correctional services $3.6 billion budget

Cash-strapped Kenya turns to prisoners to plug deficit in correctional services $3.6 billion budget

Kenya Prisons Service has been expanded to manage 140 penal institutions in the country – 134 facilities for adult offenders, three facilities for young offenders (two Borstal Institutions and one Youthful Correctional Training Centre).

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UN comes under stinging criticism over Haiti jailbreak that left 12 dead amid protracted humanitarian crisis

UN comes under stinging criticism over Haiti jailbreak that left 12 dead amid protracted humanitarian crisis

Just 400 of 1,000 police pledged by Kenya have so far arrived, and of the other countries which pledged personnel to support Haiti’s under-resourced police, none have deployed.

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