At least 21 institutions, including commercial enterprises and small to medium-sized businesses, were vandalized and/or set ablaze during the escalation of violence from February 29 to March 3, 2024. The National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (RNDDH) has mapped out the entirety of human and material losses recorded during the armed gang movement. At least nine police stations and substations were looted and/or set on fire. Two detention centers and one holding facility were emptied of their incarcerated population, as tallied by the RNDDH in its report. The human rights organization, which monitors the escalation of violence in the country, feels duty-bound to alert public opinion about the risks of the situation worsening if prompt measures are not taken to regain control of the territory, which is under the iron grip of armed bandits. "The assessment presented in this document is by no means exhaustive. However, it demonstrates the extent of the chaos in which the Haitian people find themselves," noted the RNDDH. The RNDDH observes that since February 29, 2024, armed bandits, in a show of strength, have besieged the entire West department, spreading terror, killing people, injuring and kidnapping others, setting fire to cars and motorcycles found in their path, looting and/or incinerating the premises of state institutions, banks, commercial enterprises, and small to medium-sized businesses. "21 vandalized premises have been identified by the RNDDH." "This reign of terror has forced many families to abandon their homes and seek refuge elsewhere. No measures have been taken by the authorities to protect the Haitian population," criticized the RNDDH. The human rights organization noted the passive behavior of the authorities during the escalation of violence by armed gangs. "DAP agents assigned to these prison facilities were not rescued. Security around the targeted prisons was not reinforced. The only measure adopted by the authorities was to order the removal of armored vehicles stationed around the Port-au-Prince Civil Prison. Therefore, it comes as no surprise, and with alarming ease, that armed bandits were able to attack these prisons, leading thousands of individuals in conflict with the law to escape," lamented the RNDDH. According to the RNDDH, no measures will help restore order if armed bandits remain powerful, if the hierarchy of the Haitian National Police (PNH) continues to collude with them, and if they themselves continue to benefit from the protection of Haitian judicial and political authorities. Building on the above, the RNDDH takes the opportunity to make various recommendations to vital sectors of the nation to equip the country with a government that is "not predatory of human rights, composed of upright, competent, and committed men and women." A government that, according to the RNDDH, will be capable of "making state institutions functional; making every effort to regain control of the entire national territory; reapprehending all detainees who have escaped; investigating the recent events that led to the escape of the incarcerated population from prisons in Port-au-Prince and Croix-des-Bouquets; investigating the escape of isolated police officers, recorded at the Delmas 33 police station; arresting, trying, and convicting all those involved in the orchestration and perpetration of attacks against the aforementioned detention and holding facilities; dismantling armed gangs; arresting, trying, and convicting armed bandits who spread terror in the country; dismissing the high command of the PNH from their functions and initiating legal proceedings against its members for failing to prevent the escalation of violence in the country, exacerbated by the recent prison escapes."