Source:
BBC News4 April 2011 Last updated at 17:35 ET
Colombia investigates military jail 'special treatment'
Prosecutors in Colombia say they will investigate the treatment of prisoners at one of the country's military jails, after a news magazine reported they were being given special privileges.
Semana magazine said many prisoners came and went as they pleased and lived in luxurious cabins.
Others were reportedly allowed to take holidays on the Colombian coast.
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According to the report by Semana, prisoners at Tolemaida, including those found guilty of human rights abuses, ran businesses inside the penitentiary and in many cases continued drawing their salaries.
Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12966722
U.S. American taxpayers' hard-earned tax dollars are being liberally poured into Colombia, over $8 billion since 2000. We don't hear the right-wingers howling about supporting a government with soldiers drawing pay in prison after participating in massacres.