The new Government Commissioner of Port-au-Prince tackles the issue of prolonged pretrial detention

Me Edler Guillaume, the new Government Commissioner of the Port-au-Prince jurisdiction, is taking on the issue of prolonged pretrial detention.

Me Edler Guillaume, the new Government Commissioner of the Port-au-Prince jurisdiction, is taking on the issue of prolonged pretrial detention. Three weeks after taking office at the prosecutor's office, the head of the prosecution visited police stations within the jurisdiction to assess the situation.

"During our visits to the holding cells, we observed that some individuals are arrested for minor offenses. Over the course of two weekends, out of more than sixty individuals I interviewed, sixteen were released. With the

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