by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 20, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
Though now the Wren Unit building has been demolished: Former prison officer Phil Sait had mixed emotions when she took the controls of a bulldozer to start the demolition of a dilapidated prison building that was once christened ‘Beirut’ by inmates. Mrs Sait, 46, who...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 18, 2010 | Security
As you’ve probably heard, we have another inmate that has escaped Roumieh prison. Not only does it seem that getting out of the prison is a walk in the park, so is actually getting in: [Fatima Ridha, a Lebanese journalist for the London-based al-Hayat] managed...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | May 3, 2010 | Security
Japanese filmmaker, Koji Wakamatsu, got a little more than he expected when he and his film crew approached Roumieh prison, north of Beirut: Filmmaker Koji Wakamatsu was briefly detained by police with two cameramen during a recent visit to Lebanon to attend a film...