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November 15, 2024
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Namibia’s notorious inmate ‘Ninja’ released from prison
From being a gang leader to a free man, arguably Namibia’s most renowned inmate, Ninja, is released from prison. This is after 25 years locked inside the Windhoek Correctional Facility. Having completed his sentence for murder, Paulus Shimweefeleni commended staff at the Windhoek correctional facility for helping him become the changed man he claims to...
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Inmate gets court order against prison transfer
An inmate who sued Namibia’s prison authorities after he was transferred from the Windhoek Correctional Facility to Walvis Bay has won his case in the Windhoek High Court. In a judgement delivered on Friday, judge Shafimana Ueitele reviewed and set aside a decision to transfer prison inmate Weldrid Langerman from the Windhoek Correctional Facility to...
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US inmate faces first nitrogen execution
An Alabama death row inmate is hours away from undergoing the first US execution by nitrogen gas after losing last-minute appeals. The US Supreme Court and a lower appeals court have declined to block what Kenneth Eugene Smith’s lawyers called a cruel and unusual punishment. Nitrogen is to be pumped into his body through a...
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Inmate (62) takes own life
Inmate Alexander Krylov (62), a Russian national, took his own life at the Windhoek Correctional Facility on Friday. According to the police crime report, Krylov’s remains were discovered in the shower by other inmates. “The deceased was allegedly serving 35 years and 12 months on three counts of offences including rape, trafficking in persons and...
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‘Make a case if you have one’ says Erongo Police to assaulted inmate
Staff Reporter THE Namibian Police in the Erongo region has said that an inmate who was assaulted in Swakopmund Police custody during a police raid should make a case if he has one. Inspector Illeni Shapumba of the Erongo Police, reacting to the video shared with Informanté from the prison cells, said that it is,...