This place is ‘run by a mob’: Inside the prison where Robert Brooks was beaten to death
Inside Marcy Correctional Facility, the news of Robert Brooks’ death – while undeniably tragic – did not come as a complete ...
China is building new detention centers all over the country as Xi Jinping widens corruption purge
More than 200 specialized detention facilities have been built or expanded across China, a CNN investigation finds, as the ...
The Irish Times10d
How Britain’s prison system is teetering on the brink of collapse
In a nation that sees itself as a bastion of law and order, the images stoked intense ... set aside £10.1 billion to fund a prison building programme. Four new men’s prisons will be built ...
Inside a stunning week across Syria following the overthrow of the Assad regime
Bel Trew spent days travelling across Syria – from Aleppo in the north, to the capital Damascus and Deraa in the south – ...
The Daily Telegraph25d
Rayner to force plans for new prisons on towns and villages
New prisons ... the prison overcrowding crisis, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will be able to bypass councils, who normally decide on planning applications, even if the proposed buildings will ...
Al Jazeera English27d
Al-Assad’s ‘human slaughterhouses’: What to know about Syria’s prisons
Their efforts offer faint hope to countless Syrian families whose loved ones “disappeared” into a prison system many ... tells Syrians that building a new country will be hard work.
The New York Times22d
Images Suggest Russia Is Packing Up Equipment in Syria
Satellite images reveal military ... strewed across the floor of Sednaya prison for information about missing relatives.Credit...Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times The Red Cross is calling ...
The Daily Telegraph26d
Iron body presses and torture rope: horrors of Syria’s ‘slaughterhouse’ prison emerge
The prison is split into two buildings, with the “red building ... Emin Sansar/Anadolu via Getty Images A defector from the Syrian military – known only as “Caesor” – smuggled more ...
The New York Times26d
Rebels Assert Control in Damascus, Their Plans Still Unclear
On the road to Damascus, New York Times reporters saw evidence ... committing war crimes and running a notorious prison facility. Credit...Getty Images/Getty Images The Justice Department has ...
Sacramento Bee26d
Man cyberstalked partner and caused lockdown at workplace, feds say. He’s prison-bound
An Alaska man accused of cyberstalking has been sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison, plus three years of supervised released, federal prosecutors said. Getty Images/iStockphoto An Alaska man accused ...
Gisele Pelicot latest: Rape survivor says she 'went to court for her children and grandchildren' after 51 men sentenced
French judges have sentenced Gisele Pelicot's ex-husband to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of aggravated rape and drugging her. Fifty other men were found guilty in the mass rape trial ...
The Washington Post24d
In Syria’s former ‘slaughterhouse,’ a desperate hunt for the disappeared
Parts of administrative buildings, and their reams of paperwork ... name,” he recalled of his intake process for new inmates. Inside the prison, some are still looking for undiscovered rooms ...