The Government promised to review the cases after rebellious Cuban inmates took over Federal prisons in Oakdale, La., and Atlanta last month.

"They are not nice guys," Mr. Coughlin said of the rebellious inmates, whose crimes, he said, included robbery, manslaughter and burglary.

But the rebellious inmates rejected it.

The ghost of the rebellious inmate gives Ariel another vision, showing her that the idol is in a hidden chamber behind an oven in the asylum's basement crematorium.

When squads of officers extracted rebellious inmates from their cells, they were supposed to record the events with hand-held video cameras, but often failed to do so.

But Federal officials rejected the offer, and the Miami group did not see any of the rebellious Cuban inmates who have controlled the prison since Monday.

B7 Officials and rebellious inmates agreed on food and medicine.

The cause of the celebration was the apparent agreement between Government negotiators and rebellious Cuban inmates at the town's Federal detention center to set the hostages free.

And Warden Cain noted that the rebellious inmates had demanded to speak to Justice Department officials, just as the St. Martinville inmates had.

Mr. Flateau said early this morning that the rebellious inmates were confined to an outdoor courtyard in the A block housing area.