By Geeta Pandey New Delhi: Life in prison is expected to be tough. But in recent weeks, jail authorities in India have been called out for being especially cruel to prisoners, particularly the government’s critics who are described as “human rights defenders” by international rights groups. Earlier this month, theContinue Reading
Rome: Before washing the feet of 12 prisoners, Pope Francis told them and hundreds of inmates to remember that Jesus constantly stands before them with love, ready to cleanse their sins and forgive them. “Jesus takes a risk on each of us. Know this: Jesus is called Jesus, not PontiusContinue Reading
Lima : For three months, prisoners of twelve Peruvian prisons made about 300 thousand rosaries. This initiative of the National Penitentiary Institute, in coordination with the Archdiocese of Lima, will help to cover the organizational expenses that the Church of Lima will have to support for Pope Francis’ visit, asContinue Reading
Bologna: They were supposed to be having lunch with Pope Francis. During his Oct. 1 trip to Bologna, the Holy Father was scheduled to dine with 20 prisoners from a local drug rehabilitation facility, along with refugees and the poor of the area, during a “Lunch of Solidarity” at SanContinue Reading
Priests and nuns of Madras-Myalpore archdiocese have visited prisons for the past decadeContinue Reading
Puducherry: Lt Governor Kiran Bedi came out with a seven-point action plan including training staff on best practises and providing education to the prisoners of Central Prison here in a view to make prisons a place for rehabilitation and reform for crime prevention. Bedi, a former IPS officer who receivedContinue Reading
Yangon: Myanmar today ordered the release of thousands of prisoners including 210 foreigners, officials said, the latest in a series of amnesties under the reformist government that have seen sentences quashed for hundreds of dissidents. Authorities acting on the instructions of President Thein Sein ordered some 6,966 detainees — 210Continue Reading