Union County Jail

A prominent Tibetan monk whose death in jail in China last week raised new questions about the rights of the Tibet community, suffered a heart attack after often refusing to see doctors or take medicine, the Xinhua news agency reported.

The upstate New York prison break of two inmates who squeezed through underground pipes last weekend was among a handful of recent daring escapes by US convicts whom experts describe as ingenious and willing to risk it all to flee a life behind bars.

A prominent Tibetan monk whose death in jail in China last week raised new questions about the rights of the Tibet community, suffered a heart attack after often refusing to see doctors or take medicine, the Xinhua news agency reported.

The upstate New York prison break of two inmates who squeezed through underground pipes last weekend was among a handful of recent daring escapes by US convicts whom experts describe as ingenious and willing to risk it all to flee a life behind bars.