Category: jail

30-Year-Old Chinese Radio Host Dies in Prison After Being Jailed For His Belief

His lips were streaked with dried blood. His chest was covered with bruises and scars, his legs battered. Footage of a 30-year-old man’s corpse, recently circulated on Twitter and confirmed by The Epoch Times, offered a glimpse of what had happened to him in a Chinese jail cell. Pang Xun, a Falun Gong practitioner, died…


Polygamy Kidnapping Suspect Jailed; His Niece Said to Be OK

MINOT, N.D.—The nephew of imprisoned Utah polygamous leader Warren Jeffs has been captured and is jailed in North Dakota on kidnapping charges, a sheriff said Monday. The 10-year-old girl he is accused of running off with was found safe, her father told a TV station. Heber Jeffs was arrested by federal agents and brought to…


Polygamy Kidnapping Suspect Will Be Returned to Utah

MINOT, N.D.—The nephew of imprisoned Utah polygamous leader Warren Jeffs will be returned to Utah to face charges that he kidnapped his niece, as he waived extradition at a court hearing Monday following his arrest in North Dakota. Heber Jeffs was arrested by federal agents on Saturday after he was tracked to the town of…


Life Sentence Sought for Suspect in Baltimore Jail Killing

BALTIMORE—Baltimore’s new top prosecutor Ivan Bates announced Friday that he’ll personally prosecute a defendant who was jailed on murder charges last year when he strangled his deaf cellmate to death, according to police. The case has already raised serious questions about Baltimore’s jail operations and its backlogged court system. Javarick Gantt, a deaf man who…


Justice System a ‘Revolving Door’: Former Police Officers Say Canada Fails to Deter Violent Repeat Offenders

Canada’s legal system is failing to keep violent repeat offenders in jail due to lax bail policies, say retired law enforcement officers who spoke to The Epoch Times, while some criminologists say that without solving the root causes of violence, stricter bail control may not be enough. Calls for bail reform from some police chiefs and…


Montreal Jail Manager Suspended After Death of Illegally-Detained 21-Year-Old Man

A manager has been suspended from his duties at the Montreal jail where a 21-year-old man suffered fatal injuries during an intervention by guards last week. Quebec’s Public Security Department says the Dec. 29 suspension is the second involving a Montreal Detention Centre employee in connection with the death of Nicous D’Andre Spring. The Public Security…


Women, Children Among 1,200 Afghan Illegal Immigrants Jailed in Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan—Pakistani police in multiple raids detained at least 1,200 Afghan nationals, including women and children, who had entered the southern port city of Karachi without valid travel documents, officials said Thursday. The arrests brought criticism from around Afghanistan after images of locked up Afghan children were circulated online. The detentions underscored the strained relations…


Man Who Died After Being Injured in Montreal Jail Was in ‘Illegal’ Detention

Family, friends and community members gathered Friday evening to mourn and remember a 21-year-old man who died in hospital after being injured inside a Montreal jail on Christmas Eve. Nicous D’Andre Spring was being illegally detained at the detention centre known as Bordeaux jail, according to Quebec’s Public Security Department. Around 150 people showed up…


Plan to Shutter Rikers Island Jails Could Endanger New Yorkers: Report

New York’s quest to replace the troubled Rikers Island jail complex with smaller facilities across the five boroughs could lead to either hazardous overcrowding or the release of dangerous detainees, according to a Dec. 1 report from the conservative Manhattan Institute. In a Nov. 30 interview with The Epoch Times, the report’s author, Manhattan Institute…


True the Vote Co-Founder is ‘More Determined’ to Expose Election Fraud After Jail Time

Catherine Engelbrecht and Greg Phillips, co-founders of True the Vote, were sentenced to jail without bail, where they were placed in solitary confinement. This was because of a judge’s ruling after they refused to reveal a source in a civil case. Engelbrecht and Phillips, whose work investigating election fraud was exposed in Dinesh D’Souza’s documentary…