"Almost all of the estimated 4,000 inmates escaped, leaving the normally overcrowded prison eerily empty on Sunday with no guards in sight and plastic sandals, clothing and furniture strewn across the concrete patio...."

"It was unclear how many inmates were on the run but Arnel Remy, a human rights lawyer whose non-profit organisation works inside the national penitentiary, said on X that fewer than 100 of the nearly 4,000 inmates remained behind bars. 'I’m the only one left in my cell,' one unidentified inmate told Reuters...."

 
From "Haiti declares state of emergency after double jailbreak allows thousands of inmates to escape/Attack on two prisons comes amid outbreak of violence as PM in Kenya trying to salvage UN-backed security force" (The Guardian).

Those choosing to stay included 18 former Colombian soldiers accused of working as mercenaries in the July 2021 assassination of the then Haitian president, Jovenel Moïse. On Saturday night, several of the Colombians shared a video pleading for their lives. 'Please, please help us,' one of the men... said... 'They are massacring people indiscriminately inside the cells.'...

The Biden administration – which has offered Haiti money and logistical support but steadfastly refused to commit troops to any multinational force – said it was monitoring the rapidly deteriorating security situation with grave concern.

Stéphane Dujarric, a UN spokesperson, said.... “We have been talking for months now about how civilians in Haiti and in Port-au-Prince are basically trapped by gang violence.... Schools are closed, hospitals are not functioning, people are suffering on a daily basis.”