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A girl walks through the mud-clogged streets of a tent city in Port-au-Prince.
The January 12 earthquake levelled much of the capital Port-au-Prince, killing more than 250,000
people and leaving 1.3 million living in precarious tent camps exposed to tropical storms in Haiti.
Following the quake, more than 4,000 prisoners escaped from Haitian jails, including more than 200 minors.
But now, 43 boys and 15 girls have been thrown in two prisons built for adults, the rights group said.
"There are 15 girls jammed into one little cell in which there are supposed to be a maximum of four people," the group said.
Haiti was the poorest country in the Americas even prior to the killer earthquake.
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people and leaving 1.3 million living in precarious tent camps exposed to tropical storms in Haiti.
Following the quake, more than 4,000 prisoners escaped from Haitian jails, including more than 200 minors.
But now, 43 boys and 15 girls have been thrown in two prisons built for adults, the rights group said.
"There are 15 girls jammed into one little cell in which there are supposed to be a maximum of four people," the group said.
Haiti was the poorest country in the Americas even prior to the killer earthquake.
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