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

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 ...

(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 ...

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

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 ...

TUXPAN, Mexico — Authorities in the Mexican state of Veracruz on Sunday said they have restored order in a prison where seven inmates were killed and 11 were injured in a riot that broke out the ...

QUITO, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A day of violent rioting at a prison in southwest Ecuador on Sunday caused the deaths of at least 31 inmates, the country's prisons agency said. Twenty-seven prisoners in port ...