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.