A prison riot in Haiti has left 3 prisoners dead, and several United Nations Police Officers injured. Two of the prisoners were shot dead while trying to escape from the roof of the Port-au-Prince prison. Another prisoner died after getting trampled to death during the riot.

Several UN police officers were held hostage by some of the prison’s inmates. Over 100 UN officers were present in the prison along with Haitian authorities when the riot began.

Crime, and turmoil has really affected the capital city, Port-au-Prince area since the major earthquake in January of this year. This isn’t the first attempted prison break since the quake. It is estimated that over 1000 prisoners, many of them dangerous, have escaped in the past 10 months.