In Focus Haiti: House Call in Hell

Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/caribbean/heroes-hiv-hiv-caribbean

This video takes you inside the walls of one of the worst prisons in the Western hemisphere. Overcrowding, poor sanitation, and a general lack of funding in Haiti's National Penitentiary have led to exorbitant HIV and Tuberculosis rates. Reporter Antigone Barton and videographer Stephen Sapienza take a first-hand look at these conditions and an American doctor working to correct them. After this video was taken, USAID authorized $200,000 in emergency funding for health and sanitation improvements.

This report is part of Pulitzer Center-sponsored project "Heroes of HIV: HIV in the Caribbean " (http://bit.ly/w1AyVw).

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www.palmbeachpost.com/heroes

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[captainceleste18]

May God Bless this man for going and helping people that are in need. May you be abundantly bless in your personal life.

[mswawa2u]

everyone criticizing him are not doing anything to make a difference. wat i see is a man who could go to hawaii on his free time and buy martinis but he chooses to go to haiti and buy soap for people that few think about!!

[timmye00]

Well theres one good thing about Haiti,everyone got a job.

[timmye00]

Is this Haiti.OMG is this place for real,i must go to this country for a holiday,it looks like hell on earth.GREAT

[timmye00]

Calling doctor shipman.

[PixelDansIronFist]

@anemolove I know what u mean about the Western media not showing the positive, but they also hide the crimes of this gov't as well. Probably for the same reasons to control their neo-colonialist view of Haiti. Try finding coverage on the Lacaille prison massacre and you'll see what I mean.

[PixelDansIronFist]

@anemolove If ur talking about Christian missionaries, yes they are ignorant and have some nefarious intentions along with the good ones, but they are good people. I've worked with some.

White/Western responsibility extends much further than a few thousand in gov't. Most Westerners benefit from southern slave labor and are thus guilty. Just cuz they can't see their dirty hands, doesn't men the filth of guilt is not there.

[anemolove]

@PixelDansIronFist

I think the Media does a fine job at plastering Haiti with horror stories and negative images. The truth is they never show the good side of Haiti, the real Haiti.

[anemolove]

@PixelDansIronFist

I don't think most white people or humanitarians are "white saviors." I don't think most humanitarians are helping Haiti at all. I honestly think most are hurting the nations because they're started by ignorant people who know nothing about development and have good intentions but detrimental ideas. However; you can't judge all white people on what a few 1000 assholes in government do. Those 1000 people aren't really representative of the whole.

[anemolove]

@phenomenalwomyn 20 years ago there were grave acts of human rights violations going on. I wouldn't say the country was "self sufficient." With a government that was murdering the opposition, stealing children off the street and forcing them into the military and stealing massive amounts of money that could have been used to create jobs or universal education.

[PixelDansIronFist]

@royalketchup Even worse things than this exist in Haiti, but the media doesn't show it.

[PixelDansIronFist]

@guionlawes There exists much worse places in Haiti and elsewhere, but most comfortable people don't want to know about it.