The correctional hearings have officially started, this Thursday, December 22, 2021, at the court of the southern section of Port-au-Prince as part of the fight against prolonged pre-trial detention. An initiative taken by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the capital.
187 cases of detainees in a state of being judged will be treated during these hearings which will end on 22 January 2022, said the Dean of the Court of First Instance of Port-au-Prince, Bernard Sainvil.
Bernard Sainvil gave the guarantee that these hearings will take place in transparency and according to the law. These hearings do not concern the convicted, according to the dean, arguing that the list of prisoners that will be submitted will be scrutinised.
The executive director of the Mobile Institute of Education (IMED) Kethly Julien welcomed this initiative taken by the prosecutor’s office of Port-au-Prince as part of the process of decongesting the prison centres of this jurisdiction.
Kethly Julien expressed the wish that all 18 jurisdictions of the country could benefit from intense correctional hearings.
She stressed that prolonged pre-trial detention is one of the major problems suffered by prisoners.
The Mobile Education Institute IMED calls on the authorities to work towards the respect of human rights in the country.
This month’s correctional hearing is being held at the Tribunal de la section Sud because of the climate of insecurity in Bicentenaire.