Why Inmates Set Free After The Indonesia Quake Are Returning To Their Prison

It's not every day you see freed prisoners walk back into the arms of their jailers. But about 80 inmates from Indonesia's Donggala District Prison are doing just that. They assembled this past week on the patchy grass of the prison grounds and counted off for prison head Safiuddin. The diminutive warden's powers of persuasion worked for this group, but not for all of the 360 prisoners who had been serving time in the old jailhouse when an earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia on Sept. 28. Donggala lies close to the epicenter of the earthquake, where the shaking was the most violent. Rattled prisoners rioted to get out. The disasters killed more than 2,000 people across the country. Thousands more are believed to be missing, and the government says it will halt its search for any more victims starting Thursday. The true death toll may never be known. Warden Safiuddin says that as tensions escalated inside the prison, he pleaded for patience but was met by a "band of inmates" who "could