Guards patrolling hundreds of cells at the sprawling facility on the outskirts of Moscow bang their keys together to signal that an inmate is being escorted from their cells to an interrogation room, according to former prisoners, their families and their lawyers. Others snap their fingers in the hallways, where fluorescent lights buzz day and…
Eyimoga Moses, an officer with the Nigeria Correctional Services (NCS), Nasarawa, has been arraigned in court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over alleged job racketeering. Eyimoga, a superintendent with the Nasarawa state command of NCS, was arraigned on a one-count charge of corruption before Justice Abdul Dogo of…
The crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, and a top Ukrainian negotiator played key roles in months of talks that led to the release of more than 250 prisoners by Russia and Ukraine this week in a broader deal involving Turkey, according to U.S., Ukrainian and Saudi officials and others familiar with the negotiations. Context:…
If at first you don’t succeed. A serial bank robber sentenced on Tuesday is headed back to prison for 20 years after sticking up 10 banks months after his release from a 22-year stint behind bars for … robbing banks. Todd Eugene Cannady of Palm Springs, Calif., “took great joy in his crimes,” prosecutors said,…
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has decried escalating insecurity in the country following Tuesday’s attack on Kuje Correctional Centre by terrorists. The actor, who stated this via his Instastory on Sunday, July 10, said that the security situation is so bad that it’s now very easy for terrorists to free their members from prisons than for…