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12/29/2004:

"Prison riot deaths mar Haitian government"

On Dec. 1, with the U.N. peacekeeping force here was preoccupied with the heavy gunfire erupting around the national palace as Secretary of State Colin L. Powell visited Haitian President Boniface Alexandre, the smoke billowing from the national penitentiary a few blocks away drew scant attention.

Prisoners in a three-story cellblock called "the Titanic" had rioted, broke free from their cells, set fire to mattresses and brandished lengths of water pipe as weapons. Guards called in a special police unit that helped quell the riot. Police officials said seven prisoners were killed and more than 40 detainees and several guards were wounded.

Full Article : washingtontimes.com