Prisons engendering worse offenders

  , Lebanon: Treading carefully across the damp floor of the central chamber linking a cluster of crowded, dingy bedrooms in Roumieh prison, Ayoub al-Alayan smiled slightly as he unlocked the door to his private cell.

Inside, a carefully made bed faced a small table with a TV blasting out an Arabic soap opera. Three pairs of shoes were lined up against the wall, ......Read more