1.   Instead, lawmakers considered increasing the costs of toiletries, snacks and sunglasses at prison canteens and candy in vending machines.

2.   Police said they were negotiating with the prisoners, who apparently seized three saleswomen in the prison canteen, where prisoners can buy food and cigarettes once a week.

3.   Prison officials, speaking on customary anonymity, said some inmates also were angry over the high prices of goods sold at a prison canteen.

4.   The program is financed by money the inmates have paid in surcharges for telephone calls and for items bought at the prison canteen.

5.   The program is financed by money the inmates have paid in surcharges for telephone calls and for items bought at the prison canteen, Skon said.

6.   What little they have left is spent in the prison canteen or sent home to relatives.

7.   They seized three female employees at the prison canteen, tied them up and threatened to kill them if their demands were not met.

8.   They seized three female employees at the prison canteen, tied them up and threatened to kill them if their demands were not met, he added.