PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. government is planning to build two prisons in Haiti’s countryside that will cost up to $10 million.
Carl Siebentritt is director of the Narcotics Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince. He says the State Department will build a prison in each of the coastal towns of Petit Goave and Cabaret as part of an effort to reduce overcrowding in Haiti’s prison system.
The penitentiary in Petit Goave will replace one destroyed in 2004 following the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Since then more than 100 inmates have been held in a police station.
The prison in Cabaret will house women and help relieve crowding at a women’s prison in the Port-au-Prince area.
Siebentritt made the announcement in an email Friday night to The Associated Press.
Lets just send all our money we don’t have over seas, great idea !
$10 Million to a project outside of the US, and the band plays on smdh.
Why ? Do we give a **** ?
haiti is an island ….. just put sharks with explosives in the water … prison built
Did someone forget that our country has no money? Well, a lot less than no money.
Ah. What does the federal reserve have in store?
first of all…… why the hell are we doing this for another country….. They are not part of the USA, They are not our problem… let them deal with there issues Not US…
Why do we care about overcrowding in Haiti? What about overcrowding in our own prisons??????!!?!?!?!? This country is so back asswards.
What are we going to do pull the money out of a magic hat?
This is crazy!!Just Because they cant Control there people we have to…10 mill i can think of a bunch of other things we Could use that Money For..And that wouldn’t Be It?!?!?!?
It always comes with a price. Don’t be surprised if these prisons also function as an extrajudicial torture holes … rather like Bondsteel, Salt Pit, etc.
This is a joke 10 million to build prisons in another country when we have people in our country who are starving , homeless and our prisons are over crowded!! What about taking care of our people!! SMH!!
This is a great investment. Have any of you considered how many Fugitives flee Haiti and end up in the US. I spent some time in Haiti after the earthquake. I have no issue helping them contain the criminal element that is in that country. Especially when it could end up here.