Prison drama: ‘Sing Sing’ captures faith of the formerly incarcerated
Based on the real-life story of an arts program, the film follows inmates who form a theatre troupe while serving their sentences, processing their emotions through musical performance and acting. ZACHARY LEE reports for Religion News Service…
Russian forces kill Islamic State-linked hostage takers at detention centre
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian special forces freed two prison guards and shot dead six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant group who had taken them hostage at a detention centre in the southern city of Rostov on Sunday, Russian media said. State media said that some of the men had been convicted of terrorism […]
Analysis – For Trump’s false records conviction, prison is rare but not unprecedented
New York City, US Reuters Now that the jury in Donald Trump’s criminal trial has made the historic decision to convict him, the judge overseeing the case will soon face a monumental choice: whether to sentence the 2024 Republican presidential candidate to time behind bars. After the 12-member jury on Thursday handed down its verdict […]
Jail overcrowding: Ahead of Olympics, a packed Paris prison braces for crowds of inmates
LAYLI FOROUDI, of Reuters, reports on the issues facing authorities at Villepinte prison amid pressures resulting from a police crackdown that aims to clear a poor suburb of petty crime and street vendors before the Paris 2024 Olympics…
Former Ecuador vice president hospitalised but stable, prisons agency says
Quito, Ecuador Reuters Ecuador’s detained former Vice President Jorge Glas was taken to hospital on Monday after he fell ill at a prison in Guayaquil, prison authorities said, just hours after his lawyers complained they had been unable to contact him. Glas, already twice convicted of corruption and now facing fresh charges, was arrested on […]
New York City’s Mayor gets baptised in jail by Rev Al Sharpton on Good Friday
AP New York City Mayor Eric Adams marked Good Friday by receiving a jailhouse baptism from the Rev Al Sharpton, joining in on the religious rite with a group of men incarcerated at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex. The ceremony came as part of a visit to the jail complex where Adams was scheduled […]
Thai tycoon Thaksin tastes freedom in homeland, 15 years after fleeing
Bangkok, Thailand Reuters Thailand’s billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday after six months in detention, his first day of freedom in his homeland 15 years after fleeing in the wake of his overthrow in a military coup. Thailand’s best-known and most polarising premier, the influential Thaksin has loomed large […]
Russia’s Navalny describes harsh reality at ‘Polar Wolf’ Arctic prison
Moscow, Russia Reuters Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Tuesday confirmed his arrival at what he described as a snow-swept prison above the Arctic Circle and said he was in excellent spirits despite a tiring 20-day journey to get there. Navalny posted an update on X via his lawyers after his allies lost touch […]
Time behind bars for Cardinal Becciu? Not any time soon, experts say
Vatican City Reuters None of the six people who received jail sentences at the end of the Vatican’s big corruption trial on Saturday will likely be spending time behind bars anytime soon and some perhaps not ever, according to legal and security experts. Several, including Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the most senior Catholic Church official ever […]
Jailed ex-premier Imran Khan barred from Pakistan politics for five years
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, who has been convicted and jailed on graft charges, was barred from politics for five years on Tuesday, an official order said. The order by the Election Commission of Pakistan, seen by Reuters and confirmed by a senior officer, said Khan was disqualified in line with […]