In his memoir of surviving the brutal apartheid prison Robben Island, South African activist Sedick Isaacs recalls an extraordinary event about which little has been recorded - "the creation and ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC ... a Class 1 felony and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Once he finishes his sentence, Boyd must serve one year of mandatory supervised release, court records ...

My understanding of life in prison comes purely from the big screen — movies like The Shawshank Redemption or the Netflix series Orange is the New Black. I am very thankful that this is the ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - A Rock Island man is in federal prison after a shooting incident and a police chase in 2022. Adrian Warren Neeley, 38, was sentenced on Jan. 30 to 12 years and seven ...

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele offers to house deportees of any nationality from the U.S., including incarcerated American citizens, in the country’s maximum-security prison. Photo ...

It wasn’t until she was signing the lease agreement that someone said, “Did you know this is an old prison?” Indeed, the development, now called Liberty, had a former life as the Lorton ...

The 10 migrants were flown to the island from Texas and were set to be ... "How about a maximum security prison at Guantanamo Bay where we have the space?" Hegseth asked. One defense official ...

Elba said that before filming started, he “spent the night” in a prison cell on Robben Island, which is the same prison Mandela was in from 1964 to 1982. “I’d been given the incredible ...

CRANSTON, R.I. — If it weren’t for the khaki prison uniforms and guards outside ... computer-based “desk job” being taught in Rhode Island’s prisons. “When folks started going back ...

Prior to its purpose as a prison, Robben Island also functioned as a military base for 29 years. Visitors can learn about the site’s extensive past at the Robben Island Museum, which was ...

A man who served time in prison after struggling with substance abuse has shared six habits he still uses from when he was behind bars. Derrick Moore from Alaska in the US, is a motivational ...