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Turkey frees all suspects in corruption probe A Turkish court on Friday released the last five suspects, including the sons of two ministers, detained in a corruption probe that has struck at the heart of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.
01 March 2014
John McTiernan. Photo courtesy of complex.com 'Die Hard' director released from jail "Die Hard" director John McTiernan was released from prison Tuesday after nearly a year behind bars in connection with a wire-tapping scandal, his wife said.
26 February 2014
Police reject Breivik prison 'torture' complaint Police in Norway said Monday they closed a preliminary investigation into a complaint by mass murderer Anders Breivik that his prison conditions amounted to "serious torture".
25 February 2014
David Ranta. Photo courtesy of nytimes.com $6.4 mn payout for man who spent 23 years in US prison New York City said Thursday it will pay out $6.4 million to a man who spent 23 years in prison for the murder of a rabbi that he did not commit.
21 February 2014
Sister Megan Rice. Photo courtesy of worldculturepictorial.com Nun, 84, gets three years in US prison for nuclear break-in An elderly nun who broke into what was supposed to be one of the most carefully guarded nuclear facilities in the United States was sentenced to nearly three years in prison.
19 February 2014
Asel Abdygapparova. Photo a courtesy of express-k.kz Kazakhstani sentenced to life imprisonment in US facing retrial Kazakhstan national Asel Abdygapparova convicted for life in prison in the US is awaiting retrial and possible reduction of jail sentence.
12 February 2014
©Reuters/Yves Herman Man charged over murder of N.Ireland prison officer Police in Northern Ireland on Tuesday charged a 33-year-old man over the murder of a prison officer who was shot dead near Belfast as he drove along a motorway to work in 2012.
05 February 2014
Umida Akhmedova. Photo courtesy of ca-news.org Uzbek activists jailed for backing Ukrainian protests An Uzbek court has sentenced a group of activists including a well-known photographer to 15-day prison sentences and fines for rallying in support of anti-government protests in Ukraine, the activists said.
01 February 2014
Tengrinews.kz stock photo 50% of Kazakhstan’s prison population out of work According to the Kazakhstan’s General Prosecutor’s Office, prison population stood at 42 000 as of the end of 2013.
13 January 2014
Nine dead after gunmen storm Mexico prison: official Gunmen stormed a prison in southwestern Mexico on Friday in an attack that left five of the assailants and four inmates dead, officials said.
04 January 2014
©Tengrinews.kz Kazakhstan has highest incarceration rate in Central Asia Kazakhstan has the highest incarceration rate in Central Asia.
02 January 2014
Khodorkovsky to stay out of Russia, help jailed dissidents Russia's former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Sunday after walking free from a decade in jail that he would stay away from his homeland but help to free Russian political prisoners still behind bars.
23 December 2013
Putin pardons Khodorkovsky after 10 years in jail President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a decree granting a pardon to Russia's former richest man and bitter Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, allowing his release after more than a decade in prison.
20 December 2013
Azamat Tenizbayev (L). Photo courtesy of the sportsman's personal page in VKontakte Kazakh teen released on bail is electronically tagged in London The Kazakh teenager, arrested on charges of sexual harassment, was released on bailed but has to wear an ankle monitoring bracelet.
20 December 2013
Maria Alyokhina, jailed member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot. ©Reuters/Roman Yarovitsyn Russia court orders review of Pussy Riot verdicts The Russian Supreme Court has ordered a review of the guilty verdicts handed to two members of punk band Pussy Riot, three months before the pair are due to be released from prison, it said Thursday.
12 December 2013
The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. Photo© Danial Okasov Nazarbayev ratifies treaty with China on transfer of convicted Kazakhstanis President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has ratified the treaty with China on transferring Kazakhstani convicts to Kazakhstan.
25 November 2013
Marat Beketayev. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan Penal Reform International to change lives of prisoners in Kazakhstan Penal Reform International will change the lives of prisoners in Kazakhstan, helping the country in its effort to humanize the penal system.
16 November 2013
FBI Director James Comey. ©Reuters/Yuri Gripas Ex-FBI agent gets 11 years for security leaks, child porn A former FBI agent was sentenced to more than three years in prison Thursday for disclosing confidential national security information about a foiled bomb plot to an Associated Press reporter.
15 November 2013
Omar Khadr. ©Reuters/Janet Hamlin Canadian 'child soldier' appeals Guantanamo conviction Omar Khadr, the Canadian "child soldier" held for a decade at Guantanamo, appealed his terror conviction Friday.
09 November 2013
New Iranian president wants 'empty prisons' Iran's newly elected moderate president said Thursday he hoped for the freedom of more prisoners after the recent release of prominent reformists.
28 September 2013
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