A wave of violence inside and outside prisons drew attention to President Bernardo Arévalo's fragile political balancing act ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At least 27 inmates were found dead from asphyxiation Sunday at a prison in Ecuador where a riot broke out that left four others ...

(WKRG) – Disturbing cell phone videos that have surfaced from inside Holman Prison during two riots are proof enough that there is a contraband problem. After Friday’s riot, authorities confiscated at ...

Seven inmates died amid unrest at a prison in the eastern Mexico state of Veracruz, authorities said Sunday, with 11 other prisoners suffering injuries. The fighting first broke out Saturday afternoon ...

At The New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe in 1980 was one of the most violent prison riots in U.S. history. Resulting in 33 deaths and many more injuries, this riot ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Inmates at a Tennessee prison sought to destroy property, compromised security cameras and set a few fires during a riot that took several hours to contain and caused minor ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — Two days after a deadly riot at Washington State Prison left three men dead and more than a dozen injured, two former Georgia inmates say the violence was not an isolated ...

SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — Here are this morning’s top stories with KELOLAND On the Go. There are criminal charges in connection with two recent deaths at the State Penitentiary. One of the suspects is ...

QUITO, Ecuador — Deadly rioting that broke out at a prison in Ecuador where inmates were set to be transferred to a new maximum-security facility has left at least 31 inmates killed and 30 others ...