Concerns grow as cholera spreads through Haiti’s prisons

Star Advisor – A nonprofit organization today called on Haiti’s government to release certain inmates amid a swift rise in cholera cases throughout the country’s severely crowded prison system and dwindling supplies of clean water Health through Walls, which provides medical care to prisoners in Haiti, noted that not only inmates are at risk, but also security guards, kitchen workers and health staff. Related Haiti’s Cholera Outbreak Reaches the National Penitentiary