Last weekend, Pierre-Richard Casimir, the Minister of Justice, visited the civil prison of Gonaïves to inquire about the conditions of detention of prisoners. After having questioned them at the gates of their cells, the Minister Casimir ordered the Chief Public Prosecutor to make a study case by case, in order to accelerate the case handling process.

Me Casimir, strong on the principle that "freedom is the rule and imprisonment the exception," intends make every effort to strengthen the fight against prolonged pretrial detention https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-14401-icihaiti-justice-fighting-against-prolonged-preventive-detention.html in all jurisdictions of the country, particularly through the operation "Punch" he launched in March 2015 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13297-haiti-justice-operation-punch.html .

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