Arnel Remy, a human rights attorney whose nonprofit works inside the prison, said on X, formerly Twitter, that fewer than 100 of the nearly 4,000 inmates remained behind bars.

The United Nations Security Council has authorized a 1-year deployment of a Kenya-led force to help quell violent gangs.

Dorsainvil shared that while she was kidnapped, one gang member told her, ‘Nurse Alix, the people of Duvivier are marching for you,’ about those who lived in the community where she worked.

Gang warfare has increasingly plagued Haiti since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

In December, the U.N. estimated that gangs controlled 60% of Haiti’s capital, but nowadays most on the streets of Port-au-Prince say that number is closer to 100%.