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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Haitian jails are filled with inmates who have not made appearances before judges because of the Jan. 12 earthquake, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
The newspaper said the country's judicial system was brought to a halt by the quake, when Port-au-Prince's courthouse was leveled. Now, it said, more than half of the 81 prisoners at the capital's main police station are housed in a makeshift cell and has become a scene of squalor.
The Post said one prisoner, Bouzy Archange Jr., said from behind its bars, "It's hell. H-E-L-L," and noting that two prisoners fighting each other nearby is something that happens all the time.
"You have to watch yourself," he told the newspaper, which said there is no room to lie down in the cell and no safety measures.
"You have to understand it's a crisis," the police station's Commissioner Michel Ange Gedeon told the Post. "We can't do anything."
"We're doing the best we can," added Justice Ministry Director Geberal Antoine Andre.
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TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The mother of Josh Powell, who killed himself and his sons in a fire in Washington state, said in divorce papers he exhibited disturbing behavior as a teenager.
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MIAMI, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Ronnie Smith, former trumpet player for the disco/funk group K.C. and the Sunshine Band, has died in a Florida hospital, his family said.
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ABUJA, Nigeria, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
A Nigerian militant group said a claim that it wasn't responsible for an attack on an oil pipeline is propaganda from state authorities.
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A set of parents in China said they expected a large baby, but they were shocked when their son came out weighing a potentially record-setting 15 1/2 pounds.
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