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| Inmates Crucified to Demand Faster Justice |
| By Reuters |
| Published: 02/16/2004 |
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Two prisoners had themselves crucified by fellow inmates at a jail in southeast Bolivia last Wednesday while others sewed their lips together in protests to demand swifter justice and benefits for prisoners. Television footage showed the two prisoners -- who survived -- fastened to rudimentary wooden crosses, nails driven through the bloody palms of their hands. Five others had been buried up to their heads in the yard of Palmasola prison, in the southern city of Santa Cruz. "This is totally out of our control," said Prison System Director Tomas Molina, appealing to prisoners not to endanger their own lives. Several prisoners were on hunger strike at a jail in capital La Paz, while others were tied to crosses in mock crucifixions -- opting against the realism of nails. Protests have escalated throughout Bolivia's prison system over the past 10 days to demand Congress pass laws granting prisoner benefits including reducing jail sentences for good behavior. |
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