Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Red Cross Visits Noriega in Prison

Manuel A. Noriega received a prison visit in Miami from a doctor and a delegate from the International Red Cross. They sought to ensure Noriega’s treatment was in keeping with the Geneva Convention, said Jean-Marc Bornet, Red Cross delegate for Latin America. Details of the visit are confidential, but generally the procedure follows a pattern, Bornet said: “We . . . have a discussion with the manager of the camp or prison. Then we visit all places of detention, we see the facilities, the cells, the kitchen.” The team then meets with the prisoner, Bornet said. If there is a dispute over prison conditions the agency tries to work it out amicably with the host government.