Sean “Diddy” Combs, seen here in 2012, won’t get “special treatment” behind bars, according to a former inmate. Briquet-Gorassini-Gouhier-Guibbaud-Orban-Wyters/ABACA/Shutterstock Sean “Diddy” Combs isn’t getting VIP treatment in jail while being held without bail as he awaits trial for his sex trafficking case, according to a former inmate. “Married at First…
Kara-Murza defends prisoner swaps, saying it’s crucial to secure the release of more political detainees in Russia. Western governments and Russia’s exiled opposition should begin laying the groundwork for Russia’s democratic transition after President Vladimir Putin eventually leaves office, Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician, has said. Seven weeks after…
Lin’s release raises hopes for two other US citizens detained in China and considered wrongfully detained by Washington. China has freed David Lin, a pastor from the United States who had been in jail since 2006, the US State Department said. Lin, now 68, was jailed for life after being…
Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo says 24 people were shot dead while others suffocated in the crowd. Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have said at least 129 people were killed while trying to escape from the central Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa. In a statement posted…
Authorities say the security forces have the situation under control, but the number of casualties is unclear. The government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) says inquiries are under way after an attempted jailbreak overnight from the country’s biggest prison. Heavy gunfire rang out early Monday morning from…
Prisons in England and Wales are facing a severe overcrowding crisis amid reports that fewer than 100 spaces remain in men’s prisons. According to the Ministry of Justice, prisons have been operating at more than 99 percent capacity since the start of 2023. At the end of last week, the…
Former public administrator Robert Telles sentenced to life after being found guilty of 2022 murder of Jeff German. A Las Vegas politician has been jailed for life for killing an investigative journalist who wrote critical articles detailing wrongdoing in the department he headed. Robert Telles, a former Democratic public administrator,…
Palestinian healthcare workers were rounded up from medical facilities in Gaza, sent to detention centres in Israel, and then severely mistreated and some tortured, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). An HRW report released on Monday detailed the alleged torture, threats of rape and sexual abuse by Israeli forces, denial…
Incident in Volgograd took place during meeting of jail’s disciplinary commission with ‘several prisoners’ involved. Russian inmates have taken staff hostage at a prison colony in the southern Volgograd region in the second such event since June, officials said. At least one member of the prison staff was killed in…
Residents in central city of Saint-Marc have been advised by authorities to remain vigilant for escapees. A prison break in central Haiti has resulted in the deaths of at least 11 inmates, the authorities said, the third such incident this year amid a continuing humanitarian crisis fuelled by gang violence….
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