Essay: Prison Break – Lens

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Essay: Prison Break

With the inmates all gone, Damon Winter was able to portray the Civil Prison of Port-au-Prince; a view that few people have ever had.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/essay-10/

The main prison in Port-au-Prince emptied after the earthquake last week. Those inmates who weren’t killed were free to walk through the rubble, into the heart of the city. And an estimated 4,000 of them did just that.