A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced three people to up to life in prison for leading people into the woods of northern Russia and murdering them in what were described as satanic rituals, Russia’s Investigative Committee said. A committee statement said Andrei
NEW YORK (AP) — A retired three-star Venezuelan army general who twice tried to mount coups against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sentenced Monday to over 21 years in prison after he admitted providing weapons to drug-funded rebels. Cliver Alcalá, 62, of
The man who kidnapped and murdered Sarah Everard has been stopped from receiving presents from his mother in prison. Wayne Couzens, currently serving a whole life order in HMP Frankland, has complained that he has been prevented from receiving clothes and a
Polish national Piotr Kulik, a murderer who died just 11 years into his life sentence, had been swapping his life-saving medications for the drug known as spice before his death, according to a new report. The findings from the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Adrian
Christian filmmaker Jim Wahlberg was a Boston street hustler and alcoholic serving hard time when Christ walked into his life. His Savior came in the form of Mother Teresa herself. The future Saint Teresa of Calcutta attended Mass at his Massachusetts prison
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have arrested a well-known activist on charges punishable by up to four years in prison, the country’s oldest rights group said Tuesday in what appears to be the latest in the yearslong crackdown on dissent.
Inmates in Russian prisons are beaten, tortured and raped while living in total isolation for more than 12 hours a day, a journalist who has investigated Vladimir Putin’s penal colonies has claimed. Arkady Ostrovsky, the Economist’s Russian and Eastern Europe editor, has
Emergency crews have rushed to the scene of an incident at a huge UK jail. Ambulances have been spotted at Lewes Prison on Friday afternoon. A spokesperson for South East Coast Ambulance Service told The Argus: “We can confirm we are attending an
Jared Perry was serving 17 years for a string of horrific crimes (Image: Dyfed-Powys Police) A paedophile, aged 32, who abused babies aged less than six months old has been found dead in his cell just months after being put behind bars.
Rev. John Sanqiang Cao, a Chinese pastor, said he is unable to get legal documentation after his release from prison. Cao was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison while returning from a missionary trip in Burma. Despite being released, Cao