US aid worker released from Haitian prison

AN American aid worker has been released from a notoriously overcrowded Haitian prison after a judge apparently cleared him of allegations that he kidnapped an infant from a hospital where he worked as a volunteer.

Paul Waggoner was receiving medical treatment at an undisclosed location following his release from the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Materials Management Relief Corps, the aid group he co-founded after the January 12 earthquake, the group said in a statement.

Earlier, his supporters feared he could get cholera or some other illness in a prison long criticised by human rights groups for its abysmal conditions.