Nov 08, 2011

Surprise sweep of Mexican prison finds 19 prostitutes, peacocks

By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY Updated 47m ago

A surprise sweep of a Mexican prison turned up 19 prostitutes, 100 plasma televisions, two sacks of marijuana and two peacocks, the BBC reports.

The check of the prison in Acapulco came as police prepared to transfer inmates to a maximum security jail.

The officers also found six female inmates living in the male section of the prison and 100 cockerels for cock fighting.

In July, prisoners in a jail in Sonora state were found to be running a lottery to raffle off a luxury cell they'd equipped with a refrigerator, DVD player and air conditioning, the BBC reports.

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