Lifestory: One Ukrainian war amputee’s return to civilian life
THOMAS PETER, of Reuters, reports on the recovery of Oleksandr Revtiukh who lost his left arm and most of his left leg in a mine blast…
Rehabilitating gang members: Pastors find a role ministering to young men swept up in El Salvador’s crackdown on gangs
MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, reports on the work of churches involved in rehabilitating gang members – and the impact President Nayib Bukele’s gang crackdown has had on them…
Essay: A Pennsylvania prison gets a Scandinavian-style makeover – and shows how the US penal system could become more humane
In an article first published on The Conversation, criminologists JORDAN HYATT and SYNØVE NYGAARD ANDERSEN look at what a recent collaboration between correctional services in Pennsylvania and several Scandinavian countries reveals…
In Kabul clinic, Taliban and the soldiers they fought confront wounds of war
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Former Taliban fighter Mohammad Ishaq, who spent years battling Western troops and local forces in Afghanistan, lost his leg in combat and is now learning to walk with a new limb. Standing near him at a Kabul clinic is one of the soldiers he defeated. In the Red Cross Hospital in Kabul, Ishaq […]
WOW!: BARISTAS BEHIND BARS – UK PRISONERS SWAP CRIME FOR COFFEE
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a prison initiative which provides inmates with speciality coffee skills in a bid to help them to find jobs upon release…