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A haunting book of poetry penned by Auschwitz prisoners who kept it hidden from Nazi guards has been returned to the death camp’s museum after it was discovered in a survivor’s cupboard in Poland. The harrowing 32-page notebook containing 17 poems with ‘snapshots of immense suffering and longing for freedom’ was compiled by female inmates … Read more
TikTok may be known for its dance crazes, comedy videos and 60 second lip-syncs, but a new trend is sweeping the social media app. Since January, the hashtag #writeaprisoner has spread on the platform, encouraging users to visit a website which can connect them with a convicted criminal, who they can then become pen pals … Read more
Russian prisoners should be used as guinea pigs for experimental Covid vaccines in return for their sentences being halved, demands pro-Putin politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky said thousands of prisoners would respond to the deal The pro-Vladimir Putin ultranationalist said the move would lead to faster testing Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party’s plan has sparked angry … Read more
The horrors of Nazi Germany’s only concentration camp for children have been brought to life in harrowing detail as part of a chilling new visualisation. Researchers from Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance painstakingly pieced together the layout of the Preventive Security Police Camp for Polish Youth in Lodz, where hundreds of children were beaten and … Read more
Two prisoners escape open jails EACH WEEK including murderers and rapists – and more than 630 have absconded in the past five years, figures show Inmates transferred to Category D ‘open’ prisons to test readiness for release Some vanished after being allowed out to work or to attend classes or see family Escapees since 2015 … Read more
More than 2,000 prisoners have been struck down with Covid-19 or are suffering symptoms of the virus, a new briefing paper has revealed. The report by Dr Éamonn O’Moore, national lead for Health and Justice at Public Health England, measured the impact of the virus in jails. The report was commissioned on April 17 and … Read more
Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Joaquin Phoenix has called on New York State to release some of its prisoners because of coronavirus. In a video shared on Twitter by the ‘Release Aging People in Prison Campaign’, the ‘Joker’ star, 45, speaks to camera about why he feels it is important to release prisoners. In the video, he says … Read more
Prisoners wearing hazmat suits and other protective gear have been spotted burying caskets in a mass grave on New York’s Hart Island amid speculation coronavirus victims are being buried there. About a dozen prisoners were seen digging and burying the caskets on Thursday as at least one refrigerated truck was brought onto the island. Prisoners … Read more
Thousands of prisoners released early due to coronavirus crisis will not be tagged or curfewed for up to 36 hours after leaving jail 4,000 low-risk inmates with less than 2 months of sentence eligible for release They will go to hostels or their homes but it could take a day for them to get tags Government … Read more
North Korea is using the bodies of political prisoners as fertiliser to grow crops for the facility’s guards, a former captive has claimed. The former prisoner, who used the pseudonym Kim Il-soon, exposed the monstrous practice after surviving the hell of Kaechon concentration camp, which is located north of Pyongyang. The guards considered the method … Read more