Authorities said 25 people died following Thursday’s mass escape from the Croix-des-Bouquets prison, including the prison director. Details of the escape are not clear, though it was initially reported that more than 400 inmates had escaped. Staff at a nearby clothing store told reporters that they had been forced to give items to the escaped prisoners. In 2019, all 78 inmates of Aquin prison in southern Haiti escaped while police were distracted by anti-government protests nearby. Two years earlier, more than 170 inmates escaped from a prison in Arcahaie, north of Port-au-Prince.

Source: The Nation February 27, 2021 10:18 UTC