A family expected to reunite at the gates of Washington State Prison on Wednesday, but instead spent the evening holding a candlelight vigil for Jimmy Trammell ...

3 people were killed and 12 others injured as the riot broke out inside the Washington State Prison.

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 ...

Seven officers were killed and dozens were taken hostage in a coordinated series of prisoner uprisings at three notorious ...

Officials say 46 workers are being held, with gang members behind the riots seeking better conditions.

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 ...

Guatemala entered a 30-day state of emergency after gang-led prison riots and retaliatory attacks left at least 10 police ...

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 ...

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, ...