development, on peacekeeping, will be in vain. frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. narrator: on the day of the earthquake, the national penitentiary held 4,500 inmates: powerful gang leaders and hundreds of their foot soldiers, men accused of robbery, kidnapping and murder. at 4:50, they were finishing their evening meal. narrator: terrified prisoners, packed 300 to a cell, tore down the gates with their bare hands. facing them were the prison guards. narrator: a
frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. narrator: on the day of the earthquake, the national penitentiary held 4,500 inmates: powerful gang leaders and hundreds of their foot soldiers, men accused of robbery, kidnapping and murder. at 4:50, they were finishing their evening meal. narrator: terrified prisoners, packed 300 to a cell, tore down the gates with their bare hands. facing them were the prison guards. narrator: as daylight faded, the guards began to panic.
frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. narrator: on the day of the earthquake, the national penitentiary held 4,500 inmates: powerful gang leaders and hundreds of their foot soldiers, men accused of robbery, kidnapping and murder. at 4:50, they were finishing their evening meal. narrator: terrified prisoners, packed 300 to a cell, tore down the gates with their bare hands. facing them were the prison guards. narrator: as daylight faded, the guards began to panic.
the day the quake hit haiti, the jails broke open. all of the hardcore gang leaders escaped. one year later. the tent camps represented virgin territory for the gangs. .a seven-man police unit is hunting them down. tonight, on the anniversary of the quake, frontline takes you inside the battle for haiti s future. unless we address the issue of rule of law in haiti, all the efforts on reconstruction, on development, on peacekeeping, will be in vain. frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the
frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. narrator: on the day of the earthquake, the national penitentiary held 4,500 inmates: powerful gang leaders and hundreds of their foot soldiers, men accused of robbery, kidnapping and murder. at 4:50, they were finishing their evening meal. narrator: terrified prisoners, packed 300 to a cell, tore down the gates with their bare hands. facing them were the prison guards. narrator: as daylight faded, the guards began to panic.