Whack-a-mole: Corrupt, insecure prisons undermine Mexico drug war

Corrupt, insecure prisons undermine Mexico drug war: "Experts say Calderon needs to get entrenched problems in the penal and judicial system under control if he is to have any chance of winning a war that has claimed more than 28,000 lives since late 2006 and sparked fears that the cartels could turn Mexico into a lawless narco state. At the heart of the problem is the river of bribes coursing through Mexican jails, from the few pesos inmates pay each day to get food and toilet paper to the fortunes that jailed drug lords pay to live in luxury or escape when they please." August 19, 2010, Reuters