Believe it or not, the Netherlands will be closing eight prisons due to lack of criminals. Given the current state of crime around the world and the constant issue of overcrowding and deplorable conditions in…
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#WeirdNews: Crocodile-guarded prison island for drug convicts
Indonesia’s anti-drugs agency has proposed building a prison on an island guarded by crocodiles to hold death row drug convicts, an official said Monday, an idea that wouldn’t be out of place in a James…
Rap mogul ‘Suge’ Knight to stay behind bars
Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight will have to remain behind bars until next month after a California judge on Monday delayed a bail hearing over a hit-and-run incident that left one man dead and one…
Suge Knight charged with murder
Suge Knight has reportedly been charged with murder. The Death Row Records co-founder could face life behind bars for killing a man after he allegedly mowed down Terry Carter, 55 – who is believed to…
Britain threatens Internet ‘Trolls’ with 2 years in jail
People found guilty of Internet “trolling” in Britain could be jailed for up to two years under government proposals outlined on Sunday, following a number of high-profile cases of abusive and threatening behavior on Twitter….
Women lust over model-like US felon’s mugshot
Women have flooded the Facebook page of a US city’s police department with lust-fueled comments about the mugshot of a criminal who looks distinctly like a male model. Jeremy Meeks, a 30-year-old convicted felon, was…
Prison has changed and “humbled” Chris Brown
Chris Brown was “humbled” by his prison sentence. The Fine China hitmaker – who was released from jail on Monday after serving 108 days for violating his probation stemming from his assault on Rihanna in 2009 –…
Rapper Chris Brown ordered to remain in custody
A US judge ordered US rapper Chris Brown on Monday to remain behind bars for allegedly breaching his probation stemming from his notorious 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna. The 24-year-old, arrested Friday after being booted…
Behind Bars: Life locked up in Lang’ata Prison (Part 2)
First published in the October 2012 issue of Destination Magazine There are collectively held preconceived notions about prisons, and they’re not great. The very idea is enough to keep most people from committing crimes. But…
Swaziland bans ‘rape-provoking’ miniskirts
Police in Africa’s last absolute monarchy Swaziland have banned women from wearing miniskirts and midriff-revealing tops saying they provoke rape, local media reported on Monday. Offenders face a six-month jail term under the ban, which…