A large fight at an Arizona prison left multiple inmates hurt and has led to conflicting reports about how serious it was. Ryan Thornell, director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, ...

Roman Shankaras died of a gunshot wound to the head due to a homicide, the state medical examiner ruled.

(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 ...

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, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A prison riot caused by gang fighting in southern Ecuador on Monday left 14 people dead and another 14 wounded, according to a local police chief. Prisoners in port town ...

Violence inside Ecuador's prisons continues to spiral out of control. In recent days, two clashes between rival gangs left at least 31 inmates dead, including 27 who authorities said were killed by ...

At least 17 people have been killed in a prison riot in Ecuador, the second deadly prison brawl to hit the country this week. Thursday’s fighting broke out in the coastal city of Esmeraldas near the ...

New evidence indicates most of the 24 inmates killed during a prison riot in Colombia’s capital earlier this year were shot to death intentionally, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. The ...

Acting President Rodríguez acknowledged the “criminalization of poverty” as an issue to address via penal system reforms.

The inquiry will ascertain the causes and lapses that led to the violence on the night of May 23-24 at the Kapurthala jail ...