1.   By law, the inmates must be freed as soon as possible after midnight of the date set for their release.

2.   Last year the Houston Democrat rebuked the board for not freeing non-violent inmates who exhibit good behavior behind bars.

3.   Under the program, inmates are freed from prison as long as they have a job, and they are required to report regularly to correctional officials.

4.   A jail guard freed an inmate from a Philippine provincial jail to take a government examination on his behalf, police said Sunday.

5.   A Palestinian Authority official said that at one point, the protesters tried to break through the gate to free the inmates by force.

6.   Balmaceda said they are investigating whether the inmates were deliberately freed.

7.   Government officials said they would discuss improving prison conditions but has refused to discuss freeing the inmates.

8.   In the western province of Palawan, a jail guard was fired last week for freeing an inmate to take a government examination on his behalf.

9.   Masemo said police shot a demonstrator in Nyahururu when a mob stormed a prison to try to free the inmates.

10.   Masemo said police shot a demonstrator in Nyahururu when a mob stormed a prison in a failed attempt to free the inmates.