MILAN (AFP) – Fabrizio Miccoli, a former Italy international footballer, has been sentenced to prison for his role in the extortion of a nightclub owner along with a son of a reputed Sicilian Mafia boss. Italy’s highest court of appeal confirmed to AFP that Miccoli’s initial 2017 conviction and sentence had been upheld, meaning three... » read more
SINGAPORE – When Mr A. Muthucumarasamy was a prison officer in the 1970s, he played football with inmates and even started music bands for them. Those activities fostered bonds between inmates and distracted them from their gang affiliations, he said. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to... » read more
SINGAPORE – When the circuit breaker last year put a halt to face-to-face classes and physical training sessions, Assistant Superintendent Venu Arsh got creative to keep his trainees physically and mentally fit. The senior trainer with the Singapore Prison Training Institute conducted daily hour-long live Zoom fitness sessions for his prison officer trainees from his... » read more
SINGAPORE – Expelled from Queensway Secondary School a decade ago, sentenced to eight years’ jail in 2018 for drug-related offences, David (not his real name) could not stop the downward spiral. All that changed when he was given a shot at taking the O-levels while in prison. On Monday (Jan 11), the 25-year-old got his... » read more