Aleksei Navalny, Russian Opposition Leader, Dies in Prison at 47
Aleksei A. Navalny, an anticorruption activist who for more than a decade led the political opposition in President Vladimir V. Putin’s Russia while enduring arrests, assaults and a near-fatal poisoning, died on Friday in a Russian prison. He was 47. His death was announced by Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service and a spokeswoman for Mr. Navalny. […]
Ecuador Plunges Into Crisis Amid Prison Riots, Kidnappings
Gunmen wearing masks stormed a television station in Ecuador’s largest city on Tuesday, taking anchors and staff hostage and exchanging gunfire with the police as cameras rolled before the intruders were subdued and arrested. The televised violence, captured live, erupted in the city of Guayaquil as the South American country has descended into chaos this […]
Inmates of Chile’s Largest Prison Find Solace in Caring for Stray Cats
Some say they were first brought in to take out the rats. Others contend they wandered in on their own. What everyone can agree on — including those who have lived or worked at Chile’s largest prison the longest — is that the cats were here first. For decades, they have walked along the prison’s […]
Aleksei Navalny, in Letter, Describes Transfer to Arctic Prison
Aleksei A. Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, published a letter on Tuesday describing an arduous transfer to his new penal colony in the Arctic, the first time his supporters had heard from him in three weeks. Mr. Navalny’s comments, posted on his social network accounts and written with a heavy dose of irony and […]
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Found in an Arctic Prison
The Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny has been moved to a remote Arctic prison and “is doing well,” his spokeswoman said on Monday, ending a 20-day mystery over his whereabouts that had many supporters fearing the worst. “We have found Aleksei,” the spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, said on social media. “His lawyer saw him today.” […]
Ian Wright: Former Arsenal striker on prison coaching scheme
Ian Wright watched the coaching sessions and then awarded out medals at North London’s HMP Pentonville “It changed my life because I knew that wasn’t the life for me.” Ian Wright is visiting Pentonville Prison, just over a mile from Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium and their former ground of Highbury, where the striker became a Gunners […]
Rosie Hughes: The Wrexham striker unlocking defences and locking prison cell doors
‘I’m proud to be a footballer and prison officer’ – Hughes Being the star striker of a football club owned by Hollywood stars has opened many doors for Rosie Hughes. She’s gone from playing for free to signing a semi-professional contract, appearing on television with Hollywood royalty, meeting actual royalty and scoring a winning goal […]