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Americans In Mexican Prisons

Time spent behind bars in Mexico can be hard time indeed. Massive overcrowding, corruption and unbearably hot conditions are common. But during a visit to interview American inmates at a prison in Nuevo Laredo, three miles from the U.S. border, NPR's John Burnett discovered visiting families, snack stands -- even pets behind the walls.

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