11.   Most of them challenge prison sentences, jail conditions, even state or federal laws.

12.   Other states, including Alabama, have allowed local jails to hold their excess prisoners, resulting in lawsuits over jail conditions and court orders to expand state capacity.

13.   Salinas protested his jail conditions to Mary Robinson, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, and she agreed to examine the case.

14.   Sand continued to express concerns Monday about the jail conditions, particularly because of their duration.

15.   That was because a federal court declared the jail conditions unlawful and ordered the county to cut down on the number of inmates.

16.   The scheme was aimed at freeing the sex offender and getting revenge for jail conditions, authorities said.

17.   Other issues reportedly include better jail conditions for prisoners and whether the rebels would have to leave Peru or could remain in the country once the hostages are freed.

18.   Political prisoners, apparently seeking better jail conditions, took guards hostage Friday at three prisons in Turkey, Justice Minister Hasan Denizkurdu said.

19.   A favorite prop is a wooden cage symbolizing harsh jail conditions.

20.   A group of political prisoners, apparently seeking better jail conditions, took guards hostage Friday at a prison in western Turkey, news reports said.