Jewish prisoner in Russian penal colony goes on hunger strike to get Shabbat off Danil Beglets, who was arrested for pushing a police officer at a political rally last year, said authorities cut his rations and threatened to punish him unless he works on the Jewish day of rest.
After 38 years, Jewish convict who helped 1,500 inmates earn degrees is released from prison He credited an article in J., the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, with helping his case get to the governor’s desk.
The Jewish founder of a college program for inmates eyes his own release from prison A convicted murderer launched a college program that helped 1,500 inmates earn degrees.