In what resembled a scene from a crime thriller, ten inmates pulled off a daring prison break last week at the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans.The prisoners escaped by cutting through steel bars behind a metal toilet and sink unit in their cell, squeezing through a small hole to freedom. Before fleeing, they taunted […]
In a shocking lapse of security, ten inmates escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center in New Orleans by crawling through a tiny space.The prisoners disappeared into the night and left behind taunting graffiti for the police, reports the New York Post.The jailbreak occurred around 1 am Friday. The incident sparked serious concerns about conditions […]
Who is Grigory Melkonyants? Russian election watchdog leader sentenced to five years in prison (Photo: AP) A Moscow court on Wednesday sentenced Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the independent election monitoring group Golos, to five years in prison on charges of organizing the activities of an “undesirable” organization, a charge widely condemned by human rights advocates […]
Attorney Mark Geragos, center, representing Erik and Lyle Menendez, speaks in front of family and supporters of the brothers after their resentencing hearing in Los Angeles. (Picture credit: AP) Lyle and Erik Menendez, convicted of the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, were resentenced on Tuesday, making them eligible for parole […]
Indian-origin engineer Mahendra Patel who was arrested on charges of attempt to kidnap said he read Bhagavad Gita in prison. Mahendra Patel, the Indian-origin man who was accused of trying to abduct a child at a Georgia store, said he read the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita inside jail. After spending 47 days Cobb County jail, […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) Prosecutors called Thursday for Sweden’s self-proclaimed “Queen of Trash” and four others to be jailed for six years for illegally dumping toxic waste, as the country’s biggest environmental crime trial ended.The once-acclaimed waste management company Think Pink is accused of dumping or burying some 200,000 tonnes of waste from the Stockholm area […]
Upstate New York prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in an inmate’s 2024 beating death (Photo: AP) A correctional officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in connection with the December death of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating at the Marcy Correctional Facility was recorded by officers’ body cameras. Christopher Walrath, 36, was one of […]
President Donald Trump on Monday called for the rebuilding and reopening of the infamous Alcatraz prison, as part of a broader crackdown on violent crime. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” and criticised “vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders” as “the dregs of society.”He argued that when the US […]
US President Donald Trump (AI) NEW YORK: President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years. In a post on his Truth Social site Sunday evening, Trump wrote that, […]
Virginia Lt Gov John Hager gets a tour April 9, 1999, of the new Wallens Ridge State Prison from Department of Corrections Director Ron Angelone in Big Stone Gap (Image: AP) BIG STONE GAP: An attack by inmates at a Virginia prison injured five guards, according to state corrections officials who said most of the […]
