March 26, 2016 Japan : two prisoners executed amid protests News Asia Death penalty Japan Hangings took place weeks before Japan is due to host the G7 leaders summit. Human rights campaigners have condemned Japan’s use of the death penalty after two inmates were hanged, bringing the number of executions to 16 since the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, took office in late 2012.
March 18, 2016 Singapore: majority of S’poreans do not have an irrational fear of the ISA. Is that okay? News Asia Singapore The number of ISA arrests have decreased over the years, but we must regularly examine if it is still relevant.
March 14, 2016 Cambodia : Interior Ministry admits to prison drug problem News Asia Health Drugs Cambodia In what one commentator described as “a bold step”, the Interior Ministry’s prisons department has seemingly admitted it has a drug problem, and last week sent a letter requesting the Health Ministry’s assistance in tackling it.
November 4, 2015 On death row in Singapore News Asia Singapore Each week, Roads & Kingdoms and Slate publish a new dispatch from around the globe. For more foreign correspondence mixed with food, war, travel, and photography, visit their online magazine or follow @roadskingdoms on Twitter. Update, Nov. 5, 2015: Kho Jabing’s execution, scheduled for Friday,…
November 1, 2015 On death row in Singapore News Asia Singapore I was sitting in a hotel room in Kuala Lumpur when I received the message on Monday afternoon. It was from Jumai, a short but heart-breaking note, sent over WhatsApp: “My brother this Friday die.”
October 7, 2015 Life inside the Philippines' prison without walls News Asia Philippines Twice the size of Paris, the open-air Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm offers a unique approach to reforming criminals.
June 26, 2015 Three Philippine firms in race for $1.1 bln prison project News Asia Philippines Three Philippine companies have submitted pre-qualification documents for a 50.2 billion pesos ($1.1 billion) prison project north of the capital, a government official said on Friday.
December 12, 2014 Philippines: inside one of the world's largest prisons News Asia Philippines New Bilibid Prison (NBP), on the outskirts of Manila, was built decades ago for a maximum 5,500 inmates. Now more than 14,200 prisoners live there, crammed together in cells and outnumbering prison guards by a staggering 80:1.
December 10, 2014 Singapore: Changi Women's Prison: Not a place you want to return to News Women Asia Singapore Do not drop your pen cap. That was one of the first things I was told after entering Changi Women’s Prison (CWP).
August 22, 2012 A correspondence with the Singapore Prison Service News Asia Singapore Part of our work in the anti-death penalty campaign is to research and gather as much information as possible on the death penalty and its application in Singapore. Data is crucial in allowing us to understand how the death penalty is used in Singapore, and for us to identify issues and problems.
January 15, 2008 Dance is part of rehabilitation at Philippine prison News Asia Philippines CEBU, Philippines — Six months ago, Crisanto Niere and Wenjiel Resane were just two more inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, serving time for drug trafficking. Today, they are Internet superstars.