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Sat 05 May 2009Inside the jail where prisoners rule
San Pedro prison in La Paz is a prison like no other - cocaine is manufactured inside the walls, wives and children of prisoners live there, and inmates pay rent for their cells and until recently tourists could roam its corridors with camcorders
IT IS LISTED in the Lonely Planet guide to Bolivia for its illegal prison tours, and is the subject of a film to be made by Brad Pitt later this year.
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