prisoners, foreign

"The first time Billy Moore walked into his cell packed with seventy prisoners, the floor resembled a mass grave, with intertwined arms and legs, and the smell of human feces was so strong he almost vomited. That night, he slept next to a dead man. It wouldn't be the last time. Behind the walls of Klong Prem "Bangkok Hilton" prison, life has no value. Overcrowded cells are a breeding ground for HIV, TB, dengue fever, and hepatitis, and the conditions are putrid and brutal. In an environment where drugs, murder, rape, and corruption run rampant, Moore fights to stay afloat above madness and his inner demons. A few years before, Moore had traveled to Thailand to escape a life of heroin addiction and alcoholism in England. In an attempt to stay straight, he became a professional Muay Thai boxer, worked as an extra in Rambo alongside Sylvester Stallone, and even fell in love. However, in the poverty-stricken back streets of Chiang Mai, Moore's life quickly descended back into chaos when he relapsed after trying ya ba, the deadly crack cocaine of Southeast Asia. Moore was imprisoned first in Chiang Mai Central Prison and later in Klong Prem prison, a hellhole of filth and horror that very few will ever experience and none would want to see again"--.

Erice Volz moved from California to Nicaragua in 2005 when he was in his late twenties after co-founding a successful bilingual magazine. There he met beautiful Doris Jimenez but the relationship lasted less than a year. They remained friends and then on November 21, 2006, he received a phone call that Doris had been found murdered in her seaside clothing boutique. As he comforted her friends and family he was arrested for a murder he didn't commit. Imprisoned, he suffered horrific conditions. Through the tireless support of his friends and family and a former intelligence operative he was finally released in December 2007 after more than a year in prison.

Discusses the origins, philosophy, and most notorious attacks of the T?pac Amaru terrorist group, including their present activities, possible plans, and counter-terrorism efforts directed against them.

Rhoda Berenson shares the story of her ongoing five-year struggle to secure the release of her daughter, Lori, who was arrested in Peru in December 1995 where she had been working as a journalist and human rights activist, and charged with treason.