Scripps News is committed to covering the crisis in Haiti as it continues to unfold. At the heart of the coverage is "Haiti: Descent Into Anarchy," a Scripps News Reports half-hour special delivering a harrowing and deeply human portrayal of a nation in crisis. Through rare, on-the-ground reporting, international correspondent Jason Bellini captures the raw and unfiltered voices of Haitians grappling with the daily realities of anarchy, violence, and despair.

Haiti, located just 700 miles by sea from the United States, is facing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. Violent paramilitary gangs now control 80% of Port-au-Prince, exerting their power through widespread human rights abuses, including the use of child soldiers, sexual violence as a weapon of war, and the kidnapping of civilians for ransom to fund arms purchases. Bellini’s reporting takes viewers into the heart of an anarchic gangland — illustrating the human toll.

Since the reporting trip inside Haiti, Scripps News has covered the worsening conditions for youth forced into service as child soldiers and the continuing violence against women, in addition to the smuggling of weapons from the U.S. into Haiti as the country edges closer to being totally controlled by the paramilitary gangs.