We've all seen, read, and heard about the deplorable conditions in which the people of Haiti are living under in the aftermath of the earthquake. Don't despair. Hope is on the way with the construction of a 4.4 million dollar prison that is near completion in Croix des Bouquets, courtesy of one the "friends of Haiti" – Canada. Question: Will the opening of this new facility and others in Jacmel and Leogane alleviate the homelessness problem?
Canada has committed 34.6 million dollars to ensure that the Black Haitians are securely contained. Haven't you noticed the new shiny riot gear of the Haitian police?
Who needs schools, housing, agricultural development and other social services when you’ve got prisons?
As the Haitian Policemen go about doing what they are trained to do,
don't forget Canada's role.
Sources:
Government of Canada Announces Additional Funding for
Humanitarian Assistance and Key Projects to Support Haiti Action Plan
Minister Cannon Concludes Haiti Visit by Announcing Canadian
Funding for Justice and Corrections Initiative
Background:
Haiti's violent image is an outdated myth, insist UN peacekeepers
Reed Lindsay in Port-au-Prince | The Observer, Sunday 11 May 2008
Paradise Lost: the Caribbean’s shocking secret
Marie Colvin | The Sunday Times | August 3, 2008
Crime and the Caribbean
Violence, murder and social breakdown are threatening many small states in the Caribbean
The Times | July 30, 2008
BRIEFING: Haiti's image of fear 'a big myth' to some
Reed Lindsay | The Washington Times | March 04, 2008
Comparing crime, poverty and violence in the rest of the Hemisphere to Haiti:
US free-trade agents and the compliant mainstream media are always telling Haitians how developed the other Caribbean and Latin American countries are, compared to Haiti.
To have foreign ownership while your masses languish in extreme poverty is not an "accomplishment"...
