A former Top 10 student at student became a high-achieving matriculant while behind bars. The inmate got his act together for ...

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Idris Elba details how he spent a night in a South African prison to ready for Nelson Mandela role - The actor was the lead ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that ...

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Based on a 2023 report, the Department of Correctional Services needs R36 billion to meet prison capacity demands.

Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. “In 2013, when ...

During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, the 52-year-old actor detailed the extremes he went to while working on the biopic, which documents Mandela’s 27 years in prison in South Africa.