France causes backlash with proposal for prison section near old penal colony
Plans for a New High-Security Prison in French Guiana Spark Protests Plans to construct a high-security wing of the largest prison for drug traffickers and Islamic extremists in French Guiana have ignited protests among local residents and officials. This new wing is part of a $450 million prison project announced in 2017 and is expected […]
US soldier Gordon Black sentenced to nearly four years in Russia’s penal colony: report
A U.S. soldier who was detained in the Russian city of Vladivostok on suspicion of theft and threatening to kill his girlfriend was convicted and sentenced to three years and nine months in a Russian prison on Wednesday, Russian news agencies reported. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Gordon Black, 34, who was arrested on May 2 […]