My Mission: Stanley Frankart made it out of prison. Now he’s helping others do the same.
Re-entry is a huge challenge for many formerly incarcerated. Stanley Frankart is there to help. YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports…
At least 41 dead following reported riot in women’s prison in Honduras
Tegucigalpa, HondurasReuters At least 41 people have died in a Honduran women’s prison, a spokesperson from the public prosecutors’ office said on Tuesday after an apparent prison riot. Authorities are working to identify the bodies at the Centro Femenino de Adaptacion Social, a 900-person women’s penitentiary around 20 kilometres from the capital city Tegucigalpa, spokesperson […]
Russian parliament backs army recruitment of criminals for Ukraine conflict
Reuters The lower house of Russia’s parliament said on Wednesday it had voted to give its initial backing to legislation that will allow the Defence Ministry to sign contracts with suspected or convicted criminals to fight in Ukraine. More than 15 months into what Russia calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine, Moscow – whose […]
Zelenskiy says Russia is evading sanctions on weapons; Ukraine’s military urges “silence” ahead of expected counter-offensive
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday said that Russia was using a network of suppliers to evade international sanctions designed to prevent it from making missiles and other weapons. In a video address, Zelenskiy said unnamed countries and companies were helping Russia acquire technology with the emphasis on producing missiles. Russia has launched […]
‘The Chosen’: Coming soon to a US prison near you
United StatesRNS The Chosen, the wildly popular TV series based on the life of Jesus and his followers, will soon be available to prisoners at more than 300 correctional institutions in 49 states, courtesy of Prison Fellowship, a criminal justice reform organisation founded by evangelical Christians. Katherine Warnock, head of original content for The Chosen, told […]
Russia’s Wagner releases over 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war for Orthodox Easter
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia’s most powerful mercenary group, Wagner, sent at least 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war back to Ukrainian forces to mark Orthodox Easter, according to a video posted by the group’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, on Sunday. “Prepare all of them, feed and water them, check the wounded,” Prigozhin was shown saying in a […]
Myanmar junta to free more than 7,000 prisoners under amnesty
Reuters Myanmar’s military government will release 7,012 prisoners under an amnesty to mark the country’s independence day, state broadcaster MRTV reported on Wednesday, as the junta chief praised some countries for maintaining support for his nation. The South-East Asian country has faced international isolation and Western-led sanctions since the military seized power from a democratically […]
They call it ‘The Hole’: Ukrainians describe horrors of Kherson occupation
JONATHAN LANDAY and TOM BALMFORTH, of Reuters, report on what the residents of Kherson say went on during the Russian occupation of the southern Ukrainian city…
UN says Russia abuses prisoners in Ukraine
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russian forces and their armed affiliates have subjected Ukrainian prisoners to extrajudicial executions, sexual violence and other abuses, according to a report from the UN human rights office. The report, issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday, found some rights violations by both sides in the […]
Ukraine says hundreds of bodies found in recaptured territory evidence of war crimes
Kyiv/Izium Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian officials said on Friday they had found hundreds of bodies, some with their hands tied behind their backs, buried in territory recaptured from Russian forces, in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called proof of war crimes by the invaders. Zelenskiy told Reuters in an interview many corpses were also interred in other […]