The Ghana Prisons Service is mandated by law to ensure the safe custody, welfare, reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners whenever practicable. Prisons are a reflection of society as there are all manner of persons incarcerated – lawyers, doctors, businessmen, police officers, politicians, religious leaders etc. Prisoners, like all men, suffer from ill health. It is … Read more
Chelsea Manning says she can’t wait to breathe the spring air and go swimming when she is released from a Kansas prison next week. The transgender army soldier, who was jailed for one of the largest leaks of classified documents in US history, is scheduled for release at some point on Wednesday after seven years … Read more
Chelsea Manning, the transgender army private jailed for one of the largest leaks of classified documents in US history, said Tuesday she can finally imagine a future for herself, as she prepares to walk free. Manning had served seven years of a 35-year stretch when outgoing president Barack Obama commuted her sentence earlier this year. … Read more
Chelsea Manning, the transgender army private jailed for one of the largest leaks of classified documents in US history, said Tuesday she can finally imagine a future for herself, as she prepares to walk free. Manning had served seven years of a 35-year stretch when outgoing president Barack Obama commuted her sentence earlier this year. … Read more
A US federal judge ruled Friday that Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, one of the world’s most notorious criminals, will stand trial on April 16, 2018. The 60-year-old kingpin, accused of running one of the world’s biggest drug empires, was extradited to New York on January 19 and has been held in solitary … Read more
Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman will remain in solitary confinement in a New York City prison, a US judge ruled Thursday, although he will be allowed to send pre-screened messages to his beauty queen wife. Guzman’s court-appointed lawyers argued in March that he was being held in unnecessarily harsh conditions and asked that … Read more
A US judge granted limited relaxations Thursday to the stringent custody conditions of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and allowed him to write to his beauty queen wife. The 60-year-old, accused of running one of the world’s biggest drug empires and who escaped twice from prison in Mexico, has been held in solitary … Read more
In fluorescent uniforms, dozens of inmates blink in the afternoon sun as they line up in the yard for lunch, the low murmur of their chatter punctuated suddenly by a solitary plaintive cry. “This is horrible!” the voice cries out, before another quickly follows: “We aren’t criminals!” The two inmates are among 524 undocumented immigrants … Read more
The health of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, one of the world’s most notorious criminals, is deteriorating in US custody, his lawyers complained Monday, challenging the conditions of his detention. The 59-year-old, accused of running one of the world’s biggest drug empires and who escaped twice from prison in Mexico, has been held … Read more