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 ...

At The New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe in 1980 was one of the most violent prison riots in U.S. history. Resulting ...

Twenty-three inmates escaped and one guard was killed after armed men stormed a prison in the Mexican resort town of Puerto ...

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 ...

Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.

At least 31 inmates died at an Ecuador prison on Sunday afternoon after violent, armed riots broke out, authorities said. According to a statement shared by the country's prisons authority, 27 ...