1. But, in jail, if inmates want virtually anything beyond a bunk and toilet, they have to pay the sheriff. 2. If inmates wanted a racial rumble, they were armed with enough sledgehammers, tent poles and other weapons to create a bloodbath. 3. If inmates want to sue the state, the governor reasoned, let them do it on their own time and on their own dime. 4. Maj. Nikolai Salov, the senior officer on duty, said some inmates did not want to leave. 5. Sometimes inmates want to talk. 6. The inmate wants the tape as evidence to support his claim that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment. 7. A human rights official claimed that inmates wanted to start another hunger strike and prison officials sent in troops. 8. At that point, the inmates wanted to take six other hostages with them in the getaway cars, and negotiators agreed to that demand. 9. But Pareja rejected the agreement, saying the inmates wanted faster cars and bigger guns than the government was offering. 10. Haig told reporters by phone Sunday morning the inmates did not want to deal with police, only with prison warden Paul Rushton. |