The deadly riot in a prison at Altamira in northern Brazil, which left more than 50 dead on Monday, is the latest unrest in Latin America's notoriously overcrowded jails. Over the past three decades, ...
At least 27 inmates were found dead from asphyxiation Sunday at a prison in Ecuador where a riot broke out that left four others dead and dozens injured earlier in the day, officials said. The inmates ...
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 ...
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — 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 ...
A riot in a prison in southern Ecuador has killed at least 31 inmates, according to prison authorities. In a statement released on Sunday, Ecuador’s SNAI prison authority said 27 of those found dead ...
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 least 27 inmates were found dead from asphyxiation Sunday at a prison in Ecuador where a riot broke out that left four others dead and dozens injured earlier in the day, officials said. The inmates ...