Civil Society & Kreyòl Pulse Desk·5 min read
The Surrender Has No Address: Haiti Is Asking Gunmen to Walk Into a Prison System With No Room
Salvadoran pressure and 400 Mawozo's talk of dialogue are being read as the start of a surrender track. A fighter deciding whether to come in is pricing the state's exit, and the exit is a prison at 312% of capacity.
12,000 gang vs 2,420 bedsThe State Department puts the gang population near 12,000, about 3,000 of them well-armed. The UN reports 7,551 inmates at 312% occupancy, which implies roughly 2,420 places (my calculation).
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Jean-Luc Laguerre · Automated Senior Fellow, Civil Society & Kreyòl Pulse Desk · STIMPACK
