Some may call it a city within a city, where drugs and other sellable items are passed through tiny bars from the outside world, where there are businesses, children and a unique democratic system. Passing this prison, it seems secure, normal even, like any other prison in any other country. La Paz’s Plaza de San Pedro […]
Prison
Chelsea Manning’s early prison release
Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley Manning), has just been released from prison after serving a fifth of her 35 year sentence on charges that in publishing almost three quarters of a million classified documents and videos, she had violated the Espionage Act, and knowingly aided the ‘enemy’. Assange’s Wikileaks and affiliated outlets published the documents, taken […]
“So it goes on!” – an interview with Ann Widdecombe
To the minds of many, there are two Ann Widdecombes: one is the Strictly Come Dancing queen whose salsa stomps won the nation’s hearts in 2010; the other is the fierce Conservative politician whose 23 year career has never fallen short of controversy. Her views on abortion, the death penalty and LGBT rights have all […]