Suleja prison: 108 inmates on the run in Nigeria
More than 100 prisoners have escaped from a jail near Nigeria's capital after heavy rain damaged part of the facility ...
Tag: Prison
Oscar Pistorius released on parole 11 years after killing Reeva Steenkamp
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been freed on parole from a South African jail, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend ...
Sierra Leone prison breaks: Thirteen killed in violence
Thirteen soldiers were among the 19 killed during Sunday's violence in Sierra Leone, which saw gunmen attacking a military barracks ...
A/R: Man, 35, jailed 20 years for theft in separate case
Allister John, the prime suspect in the murder case of a 35-year-old businesswoman in Sokoban, has been sentenced to 20 ...
Zuma escapes further jail time due to overcrowding
South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has been freed from serving further time in prison after being granted a remission ...
Zimbabwe pardons over 4,000 prisoners to decongest jails
Zimbabwe has released about a fifth of all prisoners under a presidential amnesty order meant to decongest the country’s overcrowded ...
‘Facebook rapist’ who faked death arrested in Tanzania
A rapist and murderer who escaped a South African prison by faking his own death has been arrested in Tanzania. ...
Overcrowded Liberian prison turns away new inmates
Liberia's largest prison, the Monrovia Central Prison, has begun turning away new inmates due to overcrowding and fears of disease ...
Court issues warrant for the arrest of Afia Schwarzenegger
Tema High Court B reportedly issued an arrest order for Afia Schwarzenegger. According to reports, the court issued a warrant ...
Nigeria police chief sentenced to prison
The high court in Nigeria has sentenced the country's police chief to three months in prison for disobeying a court ...
