101.   The prisoners had typhus and other contagious diseases.

102.   The recent escapes have embarrassed Palestinian security forces and raised Israeli suspicions that the prisoners had inside help in getting away.

103.   The prisoners could have useful information in the hunt for bin Laden and the rest of the anti-terrorism campaign, Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke said.

104.   The prisoners apparently had no demands other than their immediate release, authorities said.

105.   The Supreme Court on Friday ordered prison authorities to make the necessary accommodations to allow homosexual prisoners to have conjugal visits.

106.   The Supreme Court of Canada has said Canadian prisoners have the right to cast ballots but Alberta refused to amend its elections act to let inmates vote provincially.

107.   The U.S. Supreme Court has said prisoners have a right to marry and be free from forced sterilization.

108.   There were no beds and so little room that prisoners had to sleep sitting on the concrete floor, they said.

109.   There is no open-air area, and prisoners have only one meal of maize and beans daily.

110.   Trials can last years, and many prisoners have lengthy jail stays awaiting trial.