1. Bloody conflicts between opposing political parties, sparked by demands for fair elections frequently occur
2. Police brutality and extrajudicial executions (executions without a trial) are numerous.
3. The ability to speak freely is limited by conditions placed upon the freedom to speech laws
4. Mob violence and armed gangs pose severe security threats in urban areas. Former soldiers and others linked to the former military regime, as well as common criminals are responsible for much of the violence, including political assassinations. A lot of the violence is directly tied to increases in both the drug trade and local narcotics consumption
5. The judicial system is corrupt, dysfunctional and inefficient, especially in rural areas. Like the courts, the Haitian prisons are not large enough to handle backlog. The largest prison, designed to accommodate no more than 1000 prisoners routinely holds approximately 2200 prisoners. It is estimated that 80 percent of inmates are in pre-trial detention, roughly one-third of them have been held for more than a year. Due to the overcrowding and poor conditions, getting sent to prison in Haiti is usually considered a death sentence
6. People trafficking (slavery) is a serious issue in Haiti. Currently there is no Haitian law to prohibit the trafficking in persons and the numbers of people who are sold is frightening.
Taken from http://www.earthyfamily.com/H-issues.htm
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