An inmate on suicide watch sits while prison officers talk to him at the Chatham County jail in Savannah, Georgia, February 21. 2019. PIcture taken February 21, 2019. To match Special Report USA-JAILS/MONITOR REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

A poster targeting suicidal inmates is seen at the California Medical Facility prison in Vacaville, California, U.S., May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson SEARCH "NICHOLSON AGING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

A letter written to his mother from Jonathan Fano, who committed suicide while in custody at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, from the prison is seen at his home in Reseda, California, U.S. February 25, 2018. Picture taken February 25, 2018. To match Special Report USA-JAILS/LOUISIANA REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Maria Olga Zavala (L), 62, mother of Jonathan Fano, who committed suicide while in custody at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, cries while his sister Vanessa Fano, 21, stands at his gravesite in Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery in Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 24, 2018. Picture taken February 24, 2018. To match Special Report USA-JAILS/LOUISIANA REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Maria Olga Zavala, 62, mother of Jonathan Fano, who committed suicide while in custody at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, reacts to an interview from their home in Reseda, California, U.S. February 25, 2018. Picture taken February 25, 2018. To match Special Report USA-JAILS/LOUISIANA REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Maria Olga Zavala, 62, mother of Jonathan Fano, who committed suicide while in custody at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, and his sister Dolores Alvarez-Zadikian (R), 39, participate in church services Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 25, 2018. Picture taken February 25, 2018. To match Special Report USA-JAILS/LOUISIANA REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The tombstone of Jonathan Fano, who committed suicide while in custody at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, sits at his gravesite in Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery in Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 24, 2018. Picture taken February 24, 2018. To match Special Report USA-JAILS/LOUISIANA REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The tombstone of Jonathan Fano, who committed suicide while in custody at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, sits at his gravesite in Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery in Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 24, 2018. Picture taken February 24, 2018. To match Special Report USA-JAILS/LOUISIANA REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Maria Olga Zavala, 62, mother of Jonathan Fano, who committed suicide while in custody at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, holds a portrait of her son in his childhood room from their home in Reseda, California, U.S. February 25, 2018. Picture taken February 25, 2018. To match Special Report USA-JAILS/LOUISIANA REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Maria Olga Zavala (R), 62, mother of Jonathan Fano, who committed suicide while in custody at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, and his sister Vanessa Fano, 21, embrace at his gravesite in Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery in Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 24, 2018. Picture taken February 24, 2018. To match Special Report USA-JAILS/LOUISIANA REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The area where a naked and hallucinating Jonathan Fano -- who committed suicide while in custody at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison -- wandered after getting off a Greyhound bus from Miami and was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct by police is seen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana March 5, 2018. Picture taken March 5, 2018. To match Special Report USA-JAILS/LOUISIANA REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Massachusetts State Senator Jamie Eldridge speaks to reporters outside the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center where former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his jail cell, in Shirley, Massachusetts, U.S., April 19, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Security personnel check a car in the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport as Bangladesh government proclaimed red alert in all airports and prisons across the country after an unidentified suicide bomber died inside a makeshift camp of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Security personnel checks a suspicious object found inside passenger's bag near the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport as Bangladesh government proclaimed red alert in all airports and prisons across the country after an unidentified suicide bomber died inside a makeshift camp of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Security personnel check a man near the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport as Bangladesh government proclaimed red alert in all airports and prisons across the country after an unidentified suicide bomber died inside a makeshift camp of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Anna Neistat, Senior Director for Research with Amnesty International, talks to journalists behind a copy of a report she co-authored titled 'Island of Despair - Australia's "Processing" of Refugees on Nauru' in Sydney, Australia, October 17, 2016 that concludes many of the 410 asylum seekers held on the tiny Pacific Island are being driven to attempt suicide to escape the prison-like conditions they face in indefinite detention on behalf of Australia. REUTERS/David Gray

Anna Neistat, Senior Director for Research with Amnesty International, talks to journalists as she holds a copy of a report she co-authored titled 'Island of Despair - Australia's "Processing" of Refugees on Nauru' in Sydney, Australia, October 17, 2016 that concludes many of the 410 asylum seekers held on the tiny Pacific Island are being driven to attempt suicide to escape the prison-like conditions they face in indefinite detention on behalf of Australia. REUTERS/David Gray

Anna Neistat, Senior Director for Research with Amnesty International, talks to journalists about a report she co-authored titled 'Island of Despair - Australia's "Processing" of Refugees on Nauru' in Sydney, Australia, October 17, 2016 that concludes many of the 410 asylum seekers held on the tiny Pacific Island are being driven to attempt suicide to escape the prison-like conditions they face in indefinite detention on behalf of Australia. REUTERS/David Gray

Exterior view of a detention center in Leipzig, Germany October 13, 2016 where a Syrian migrant Jaber Albakr suspected of planning a bomb attack on a Berlin airport has committed suicide, the Justice Ministry for the state of Saxony said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Staff

A scarecrow is seen on a scaffold used by Islamic State in Sirte to display bodies of executed prisoners, mounted on a would-be suicide bomber's captured truck, outside Misrata's museum, Libya September 29, 2016. Picture taken September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Aidan Lewis

A man stands near a scaffold used by Islamic State in Sirte to display bodies of executed prisoners, mounted on a would-be suicide bomber's captured truck, outside Misrata's museum, Libya September 29, 2016. A scarecrow is displayed on the scaffold in the picture. Picture taken September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Aidan Lewis

A scarecrow is seen on a scaffold used by Islamic State in Sirte to display bodies of executed prisoners, mounted on a would-be suicide bomber's captured truck, outside Misrata's museum, Libya September 29, 2016. Picture taken September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Aidan Lewis

Attorney Charles Bennett is seen leaving the federal courthouse in New York, U.S. May 19, 2016. Bennett was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for running a more than $5 million Ponzi scheme that he detailed in a lengthy suicide note that authorities discovered when they rescued him from the Hudson River. REUTERS/Nate Raymond

Labourers carry out planting work in front of Cipinang prison in Jakarta, January 17, 2016. One of the militants who carried out the gun and suicide bomb attack in Jakarta last week, Afif, also known as Sunakim, was one of some 20 convicts heavily influenced by fellow convict and firebrand Islamist cleric Aman Abdurrahman while an inmate at Cipinang prison, experts said. Picture taken January 17. REUTERS/Beawiharta

A man stands in front of the visitors' gate of Cipinang prison in Jakarta, January 17, 2016. One of the militants who carried out the gun and suicide bomb attack in Jakarta last week, Afif, also known as Sunakim, was one of some 20 convicts heavily influenced by fellow convict and firebrand Islamist cleric Aman Abdurrahman while an inmate at Cipinang prison, experts said. Picture taken January 17. REUTERS/Beawiharta

A worker sweeps a street at the gate of Cipinang prison in Jakarta, January 17, 2016. One of the militants who carried out the gun and suicide bomb attack in Jakarta last week, Afif, also known as Sunakim, was one of some 20 convicts heavily influenced by fellow convict and firebrand Islamist cleric Aman Abdurrahman while an inmate at Cipinang prison, experts said. Picture taken January 17. REUTERS/Beawiharta

A man walks by a mural honoring Kalief Browder in the Astoria section of the Queens borough of New York June 16, 2015. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to push reforms at the city's troubled Rikers Island prison complex after the reported suicide of the 22-year-old Browder who had been held there for three years without being convicted of a crime. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Flowers rest on top of pictures of Kalief Browder in New York June 11, 2015. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday vowed to push reforms at the city's troubled Rikers Island prison complex after the reported weekend suicide of the 22-year-old Browder who had been held there for three years without being convicted of a crime. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Pictures of Kalief Browder are attached to a wall in New York June 11, 2015. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday vowed to push reforms at the city's troubled Rikers Island prison complex after the reported weekend suicide of the 22-year-old Browder who had been held there for three years without being convicted of a crime. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Flowers rest on top of pictures of Kalief Browder in New York June 11, 2015. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday vowed to push reforms at the city's troubled Rikers Island prison complex after the reported weekend suicide of the 22-year-old Browder who had been held there for three years without being convicted of a crime. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Flowers rest on top of photographs of Kalief Browder in New York June 11, 2015. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday vowed to push reforms at the city's troubled Rikers Island prison complex after the reported weekend suicide of the 22-year-old Browder who had been held there for three years without being convicted of a crime. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A demonstrator holds a photo of Kalief Browder during a candlelight vigil outside the entrance to the Rikers Island correctional facility in the Queens borough of New York June 11, 2015. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday vowed to push reforms at the city's troubled Rikers Island prison complex after the reported weekend suicide of the 22-year-old Browder who had been held there for three years without being convicted of a crime.
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A demonstrator holds a photo of Kalief Browder during a candlelight vigil outside the entrance to the Rikers Island correctional facility in the Queens borough of New York June 11, 2015. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday vowed to push reforms at the city's troubled Rikers Island prison complex after the reported weekend suicide of the 22-year-old Browder who had been held there for three years without being convicted of a crime.
REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

A demonstrator holds a sign honoring Kalief Browder during a candlelight vigil outside the entrance to the Rikers Island correctional facility in the Queens borough of New York June 11, 2015. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday vowed to push reforms at the city's troubled Rikers Island prison complex after the reported weekend suicide of the 22-year-old Browder who had been held there for three years without being convicted of a crime.
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Prison guards secure a courtroom in Vienna April 14, 2015. A Vienna court on Tuesday started a trial on the 2007 murder of two Kazakh bankers with the main suspect - the Kazakh president's former son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev turned political foe - absent as he reportedly committed suicide a few weeks earlier. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

General view of the Justizanstalt Wien-Josefstadt prison in Vienna February 27, 2015. Sedatives have been found in the body of Rakhat Aliyev, a prominent Kazakh dissident found hanged in the prison this week in what authorities say was suicide. An initial toxicological test on Aliyev showed traces of barbiturates, a spokeswoman for prosecutors in Vienna said, stressing it may take days for the final autopsy report to come through. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Immigrants stand at the entrance of a container at a detention centre in the Amygdaleza suburb of western Athens February 14, 2015. Greece's new left-wing government pledged on Saturday to close down detention centres for illegal immigrants that have long been criticised by rights groups as inhumane. A Pakistani man had died overnight at the Amygdaleza detention centre in western Athens in a suspected suicide. REUTERS/Angelos Christofilopoulos/FOSPHOTOS (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)

Immigrants stand behind a fence at a detention centre in the Amygdaleza suburb of western Athens February 14, 2015. Greece's new left-wing government pledged on Saturday to close down detention centres for illegal immigrants that have long been criticised by rights groups as inhumane. A Pakistani man had died overnight at the Amygdaleza detention centre in western Athens in a suspected suicide. REUTERS/Angelos Christofilopoulos/FOSPHOTOS (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)

An immigrant standing behind a fence points to a scar that he said was caused during his internment at a detention centre in the Amygdaleza suburb of western Athens February 14, 2015. Greece's new left-wing government pledged on Saturday to close down detention centers for illegal immigrants that have long been criticized by rights groups as inhumane. A Pakistani man had died overnight at the Amygdaleza detention center in western Athens in a suspected suicide. The immigrant did not specify how he received the wound that caused the scar. REUTERS/Angelos Christofilopoulos/FOSPHOTOS (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Jordanian soldiers are seen at the headquarters of the family clan of pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh in the city of Karak February 4, 2015. Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic State video showing captured Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh being burnt alive by the hardline group. Islamic State had demanded the release of the woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, in exchange for a Japanese hostage who it later beheaded. Sentenced to death in 2005 for her a role in a suicide bomb attack in Amman, Rishawi was executed at dawn, a security source and state television said. Jordan also executed a senior al Qaeda prisoner, Ziyad Karboli, an Iraqi man who was sentenced to death in 2008. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT)

A plane belonging to the Jordanian Royal Air Force flies over the headquarters of the family clan of pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh in the city of Karak February 4, 2015. Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic State video showing captured Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh being burnt alive by the hardline group. Islamic State had demanded the release of the woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, in exchange for a Japanese hostage who it later beheaded. Sentenced to death in 2005 for her a role in a suicide bomb attack in Amman, Rishawi was executed at dawn, a security source and state television said. Jordan also executed a senior al Qaeda prisoner, Ziyad Karboli, an Iraqi man who was sentenced to death in 2008. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Planes belonging to the Jordanian Royal Air Force fly over the headquarters of the family clan of pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh in the city of Karak February 4, 2015. Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic State video showing captured Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh being burnt alive by the hardline group. Islamic State had demanded the release of the woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, in exchange for a Japanese hostage who it later beheaded. Sentenced to death in 2005 for her a role in a suicide bomb attack in Amman, Rishawi was executed at dawn, a security source and state television said. Jordan also executed a senior al Qaeda prisoner, Ziyad Karboli, an Iraqi man who was sentenced to death in 2008. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS CONFLICT)

Planes belonging to the Jordanian Royal Air Force fly over the headquarters of the family clan of pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh in the city of Karak February 4, 2015. Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic State video showing captured Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh being burnt alive by the hardline group. Islamic State had demanded the release of the woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, in exchange for a Japanese hostage who it later beheaded. Sentenced to death in 2005 for her a role in a suicide bomb attack in Amman, Rishawi was executed at dawn, a security source and state television said. Jordan also executed a senior al Qaeda prisoner, Ziyad Karboli, an Iraqi man who was sentenced to death in 2008. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Saif al-Kasaesbeh (4th R), father of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh, sits among senior officers of the Jordanian army at the headquarters of his family's clan in the city of Karak February 4, 2015. Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic State video showing captured Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh being burnt alive by the hardline group. Islamic State had demanded the release of the woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, in exchange for a Japanese hostage who it later beheaded. Sentenced to death in 2005 for her a role in a suicide bomb attack in Amman, Rishawi was executed at dawn, a security source and state television said. Jordan also executed a senior al Qaeda prisoner, Ziyad Karboli, an Iraqi man who was sentenced to death in 2008. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Saif al-Kasaesbeh (C), father of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh, prays at the headquarters of the family's clan in the city of Karak February 4, 2015. Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic State video showing captured Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh being burnt alive by the hardline group. Islamic State had demanded the release of the woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, in exchange for a Japanese hostage who it later beheaded. Sentenced to death in 2005 for her a role in a suicide bomb attack in Amman, Rishawi was executed at dawn, a security source and state television said. Jordan also executed a senior al Qaeda prisoner, Ziyad Karboli, an Iraqi man who was sentenced to death in 2008. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS CONFLICT)

Saif al-Kasaesbeh (front C), father of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh, prays at the headquarters of the family's clan in the city of Karak February 4, 2015. Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic State video showing captured Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh being burnt alive by the hardline group. Islamic State had demanded the release of the woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, in exchange for a Japanese hostage who it later beheaded. Sentenced to death in 2005 for her a role in a suicide bomb attack in Amman, Rishawi was executed at dawn, a security source and state television said. Jordan also executed a senior al Qaeda prisoner, Ziyad Karboli, an Iraqi man who was sentenced to death in 2008. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT)

Saif al-Kasaesbeh (2nd R), father of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh, sits among senior officers of the Jordanian army at the headquarters of his family's clan in the city of Karak February 4, 2015. Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic State video showing captured Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh being burnt alive by the hardline group. Islamic State had demanded the release of the woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, in exchange for a Japanese hostage who it later beheaded. Sentenced to death in 2005 for her a role in a suicide bomb attack in Amman, Rishawi was executed at dawn, a security source and state television said. Jordan also executed a senior al Qaeda prisoner, Ziyad Karboli, an Iraqi man who was sentenced to death in 2008. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT)

Saif al-Kasaesbeh (R), father of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh, greets a mourner who turned up at the headquarters of the family's clan in the city of Karak February 4, 2015. Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic State video showing captured Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh being burnt alive by the hardline group. Islamic State had demanded the release of the woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, in exchange for a Japanese hostage who it later beheaded. Sentenced to death in 2005 for her a role in a suicide bomb attack in Amman, Rishawi was executed at dawn, a security source and state television said. Jordan also executed a senior al Qaeda prisoner, Ziyad Karboli, an Iraqi man who was sentenced to death in 2008. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT)

Saif al-Kasaesbeh (C), father of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh, is seen at the headquarters of the family's clan in the city of Karak February 4, 2015. Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic State video showing captured Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh being burnt alive by the hardline group. Islamic State had demanded the release of the woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, in exchange for a Japanese hostage who it later beheaded. Sentenced to death in 2005 for her a role in a suicide bomb attack in Amman, Rishawi was executed at dawn, a security source and state television said. Jordan also executed a senior al Qaeda prisoner, Ziyad Karboli, an Iraqi man who was sentenced to death in 2008. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS CONFLICT)

A Japanese journalist reports at the Akcakale border crossing in Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, where Islamic State militants control the Syrian side of the gate, January 29, 2015. An audio message purportedly from a Japanese journalist held by Islamic State militants said Jordanian air force pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh, who also captured by the group would be killed unless Sajida al-Rishawi, a woman jailed in Jordan, was released by sunset on Thursday. The message postponed a previous deadline set on Tuesday in which the journalist, Kenji Goto, said he would be killed within 24 hours if the Iraqi would-be suicide bomber in prison in Jordan was not freed. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MEDIA)

Jordan's Information Minister Mohammed al-Momani speaks to the media after a closed door meeting of the parliamentary government in the House of Representatives in Amman January 29, 2015. An audio message purportedly from a Japanese journalist held by Islamic State militants said a Jordanian air force pilot also captured by the group would be killed unless a woman jailed in Jordan was released by sunset on Thursday. The message appeared to postpone a previous deadline set on Tuesday in which the journalist, Kenji Goto, said he would be killed within 24 hours if the Iraqi would-be suicide bomber in prison in Jordan was not freed. Jordan said on Wednesday it had received no assurance that al-Kasaesbeh was safe and that it would go ahead with a proposed prisoner swap only if he was freed. REUTERS/Majed Jaber (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Lebanon's Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk (C) walks through the damaged interior of a section of Roumieh prison where islamist prisoners were held, in Roumieh January 13, 2015. Lebanese forces stormed the country's largest prison on Monday where Islamist militants are detained, security sources said, as authorities searched for those behind a double suicide attack at the weekend. Machnouk headed to Roumieh prison east of Beirut early on Monday and told Reuters the crackdown came after intelligence showed some of the inmates were connected to the bombings, which killed eight. Picture taken January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Hussam Shebaro (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW RELIGION)

The damaged interior of a room in Roumieh prison where islamist prisoners were held, is pictured in Roumieh January 13, 2015. Lebanese forces stormed the country's largest prison on Monday where Islamist militants are detained, security sources said, as authorities searched for those behind a double suicide attack at the weekend. Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk headed to Roumieh prison east of Beirut early on Monday and told Reuters the crackdown came after intelligence showed some of the inmates were connected to the bombings, which killed eight. Picture taken January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Hussam Shebaro (LEBANON - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION CIVIL UNREST)

Lebanon's Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk (C) walks through the damaged interior of a section of Roumieh prison where islamist prisoners were held, in Roumieh January 13, 2015. Lebanese forces stormed the country's largest prison on Monday where Islamist militants are detained, security sources said, as authorities searched for those behind a double suicide attack at the weekend. Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk headed to Roumieh prison east of Beirut early on Monday and told Reuters the crackdown came after intelligence showed some of the inmates were connected to the bombings, which killed eight. Picture taken January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Hussam Shebaro (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION CIVIL UNREST)

Security forces accompany Lebanon's Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk (front row 4th L) during his inspection of Roumieh prison upon their arrival, in Roumieh January 13, 2015. Lebanese forces stormed the country's largest prison on Monday where Islamist militants are detained, security sources said, as authorities searched for those behind a double suicide attack at the weekend. Machnouk headed to Roumieh prison east of Beirut early on Monday and told Reuters the crackdown came after intelligence showed some of the inmates were connected to the bombings, which killed eight. Picture taken January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Hussam Shebaro (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW RELIGION CIVIL UNREST)

Clothes are hung outside the cells of prisoners in Roumieh prison, in Roumieh January 13, 2015. Lebanese forces stormed the country's largest prison on Monday where Islamist militants are detained, security sources said, as authorities searched for those behind a double suicide attack at the weekend. Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk headed to Roumieh prison east of Beirut early on Monday and told Reuters the crackdown came after intelligence showed some of the inmates were connected to the bombings, which killed eight. Picture taken January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Hussam Shebaro (LEBANON - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION CIVIL UNREST)

Lebanese security forces stand beside a statue of the map of Lebanon in Roumieh prison, in Roumieh January 13, 2015. Lebanese forces stormed the country's largest prison on Monday where Islamist militants are detained, security sources said, as authorities searched for those behind a double suicide attack at the weekend. Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk headed to Roumieh prison east of Beirut early on Monday and told Reuters the crackdown came after intelligence showed some of the inmates were connected to the bombings, which killed eight. Picture taken January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Hussam Shebaro (LEBANON - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION)

The damaged interior of a section of Roumieh prison where islamist prisoners were held, is pictured on January 13, 2015. Lebanese forces stormed the country's largest prison on Monday where Islamist militants are detained, security sources said, as authorities searched for those behind a double suicide attack at the weekend. Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk headed to Roumieh prison east of Beirut early on Monday and told Reuters the crackdown came after intelligence showed some of the inmates were connected to the bombings, which killed eight. Picture taken January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Hussam Shebaro (LEBANON - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION)

A Red Cross ambulance vehicle drives out of Roumieh prison, in Roumieh January 12, 2015. Lebanese forces stormed the country's largest prison on Monday where Islamist militants are detained, security sources said, as authorities searched for those behind a double suicide attack at the weekend. Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk headed to Roumieh prison east of Beirut early on Monday and told Reuters the crackdown came after intelligence showed some of the inmates were connected to the bombings, which killed eight. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW RELIGION)

A general view shows Roumieh prison, in Roumieh January 12, 2015. Lebanese forces stormed the country's largest prison on Monday where Islamist militants are detained, security sources said, as authorities searched for those behind a double suicide attack at the weekend. Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk headed to Roumieh prison east of Beirut early on Monday and told Reuters the crackdown came after intelligence showed some of the inmates were connected to the bombings, which killed eight. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION CRIME LAW)