Meeting a Somali pirate in Hargeisa prison
Source: BBC NEWS By Mary Harper BBC News, Somaliland When Somalian pirates are caught there is often nowhere to try them, as Somalia itself has little effective central government. But some have been tried and jailed in the breakaway territory of Somaliland. "You cannot go and see the pirates," said the commander of the prison. "They are far too dangerous. And anyway, they are fed up with journalists who, they say, treat this prison as if it was a pirate museum.