Deadman's Island in Kent served as a burial ground for convicts who died on 'prison ships' in the 18th and 19th centuries, ...

There are open coffins and bones everywhere ... In the 1700s and 1800s, 'prison hulks', floating jails, held inmates. The forebodingly named Retribution was one such ship. These captives ...

FRANCIS OPEN CASKET HAS BEEN SET IN FRONT OF THE MAIN ... the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office was looking for an escaped inmate. The inmate, Robert "Robbie" Revis, is about 6 feet 1 inch tall ...

Saydnaya Prison was the site of systematic mass executions, with weekly hangings conducted in secrecy. Survivors recount a regime of constant fear, where silence was enforced, and any noise could ...

“CECOT is what the Bukele regime wants you to see, because they will not show you the images of Mariona, they will not show ...

He was unable, however, to perform the traditional ritual of washing the feet of 12 inmates, as he had in the ... Previous popes were buried in three nested coffins made of cypress, zinc and ...

Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025. Many world leaders are expected to attend his funeral in Vatican City, including ...

The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has told Sky News it's "intimidating" to be one of those responsible for ...

Cardinal Nichols said Pope Francis had visited the Regina Coeli prison, telling the inmates: "You know ... instead of the traditional three coffins which are usually used for pontiffs.

After the visit, the Vatican released a photograph of Francis, blowing kisses to the inmates. Asked by reporters ... Previous popes were buried in three nested coffins made of cypress, zinc ...

When the last Pope, Benedict XVI, died in 2022, he was buried like so many popes before – in three coffins ... where he met with 70 inmates where his health complications stopped him from ...