Nearly a sixth of Ecuador’s prisoners held without sentence – census
Quito, EcuadorReuters Nearly a sixth of the inmates in Ecuador’s prisons have not been sentenced, a national census showed on Monday, as President Guillermo Lasso urged the judicial system to be speedier to help ease the burden on overcrowded jails. People gather outside the Penitenciaria del Litoral prison after a riot, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on […]
Essay: Japan is paying families a million yen to move to the countryside – but it won’t make Tokyo any smaller
In an article first published on The Conversation, PETER MATANLE, a senior lecturer in Japanese studies at the University of Sheffield in the UK, looks at the latest Japanese efforts to ease Tokyo’s overcrowding while revitalising rural areas…
Wow!: Pages for pardons? In Bolivia, inmates can cut jail time by reading
MONICA MACHICAO, of Reuters, reports on an innovative initiative inside Bolivia’s prisons…
Ecuador to pardon thousands after 118 die in worst-ever prison riot
Quito/Guayaquil, EcuadorReuters Ecuador is planning to pardon up to 2,000 inmates in order to relieve overcrowding at its detention centres after 118 inmates died and a further 79 were injured in the country’s worst-ever prison riot earlier this week, an official said on Friday. Family members of inmates block the road outside the Penitenciaria del […]
Postcards: Vatican Museums used to be an overcrowded “hell”, say tour guides. COVID-19 may change that
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports from the Vatican…