She went to prison in Varsity Blues admissions scandal. Now she says she was a scapegoat
When Donna Heinel arrived at the federal prison camp in Victorville last year to serve a six-month sentence for fraud stemming from the Varsity Blues…
Antiwhaling activist Paul Watson released as Denmark rejects extradition | Environment News
Copenhagen rejects Japan’s extradition request over a 2010 incident involving a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic.Antiwhaling activist Paul Watson has been freed from a…
“Never again” says UN envoy to Syria on visit to Sednaya prison | Syria’s War
NewsFeedRelatives of missing prisoners at Syria’s Sednaya prison expressed their anger during a UN visit on Monday, while the UN envoy to Syria hoped it…
'I stayed in a converted prison people say is haunted to see what it was like'
A woman has shared her experience of staying in an old Victorian prison that has been converted into a boutique hotel - guests stay in…
Five ‘Bali Nine’ ring members return to Australia after 19 years in prison | Drugs News
Diplomatic efforts have resolved a saga that strained relations between the two countries.Five members of the Australian “Bali Nine” drug ring have returned from Indonesia…
Watch dramatic moment huge car bomb blows up Putin’s notorious prison torturer in daring ‘Ukrainian assassination’
THIS is the dramatic moment Vladimir Putin's notorious prison torture boss is blown up as his car explodes into a giant fireball.The daring car bomb…
‘Until my last breath’: Searching for relatives at Syria’s ‘slaughterhouse’ | Syria’s War News
Sednaya, Syria – For decades, Sednaya prison was only ever mentioned in hushed tones in Syria. Torture and death were known to be routine in…
Former Defense Department official gets 18 months in prison for interstate dogfighting
The Justice Department said Friday former Department of Defense Deputy Chief Frederick Douglass Moorefield, Jr. has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for…
Stories from people freed from Saydnaya torture prison
BBCIt was a defining moment of the fall of the Syrian regime - rebels freeing inmates from the country's most notorious prison. A week on,…
US citizen imprisoned in Syria has been released and flown to Jordan | Prison News
Travis Timmerman, 29, was imprisoned in Syria after crossing into the country on a Christian pilgrimage in June.United States officials have revealed that Travis Timmerman,…
China sentences ex-Premier League footballer Li Tie to 20 years in prison | Football News
Former national team coach is the biggest name to be netted in China’s sweeping crackdown on corruption in sport.Li Tie, former coach of the Chinese…
Syrian national living in S.C. charged with torturing dissidents at Damascus prison in 2000s
An interior view as teams carry out investigation in secret compartments at Sednaya Prison after the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, Syria on…
Venezuela releases more than 100 people imprisoned after contested election | Nicolas Maduro News
Venezuela’s government has taken steps to release some arrested in post-election crackdown but continues to pressure opposition.The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has released…
American man found near Damascus after seven months in Syrian prison | Newsfeed
Travis Timmerman, an American from Missouri, says he was held for seven months in Syria’s infamous Sednaya prison after entering the country without permission. Timmerman,…
American Travis Timmerman found in Damascus after being freed from Syrian prison
Travis Timmerman, a missing American from Missouri, was freed from a Syrian prison and found Thursday outside of Damascus, trying to make his way out…
US man found near Damascus after months in Syrian prison
Getty ImagesTravis Timmerman said he was arrested after entering the country on footA US man, detained for months in a Syrian prison after entering the…
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus…
Russia tells citizens not to travel to United States | Russia-Ukraine war News
Russians should also avoid heading to Canada and most EU states, warns Moscow’s Foreign Ministry.Russia has warned its citizens not to travel to the United…
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard insists she will be a good mom despite her past
Parenthood is very much on Gypsy-Rose Blanchard’s mind during a recent Zoom interview about her upcoming memoir. It’s been almost a year since she was…
Families search Syria’s Sednaya Prison for loved ones after al-Assad’s fall | Syria’s War News
Rescue teams and relatives of disappeared people in Syria are searching for their loved ones at the notorious Sednaya Prison in Damascus after the fall of President Bashar…