Mexico's deadliest prison brawl in many years was a bloodbath in which inmates attacked each other with hammers, cudgels and makeshift blades, authorities said Friday, underlining yet again the power ...

The inmate and another detainee fled an overcrowded jail after sawing through their cell bars with blades that investigators ...

An injured inmate is carried as he arrives at the hospital after a fire broke out at the prison in Comayagua, Honduras, a town 90 miles (140 kilometers) north of the Central American country's capital ...

Two inmates found dead in housing units at the Greenville County Detention Center in May died of drug overdoses, Greenville County Coroner Parks Evans said in a news release Tuesday. The men were ...

The deaths occurred Sunday at a prison in the coastal city of Machala, Ecuador, after "the detonation of an explosive device" outside, officials said.

Report recommends adoption of US-style punishment and rewards for most dangerous inmates ...

QUITO, Ecuador — 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 ...

As the US doubles down on overt interventions, experts warn policymakers may be overlooking a key battlefield: prisons across the region.

Naveed Akram, accused of last Sunday’s deadly Bondi Beach terror attack, is set to be held in Australia’s most secure prison ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Fire engulfed a prison in the Chilean capital early on Wednesday, killing 81 inmates and critically injuring 14 others, the government said, in the country's third-deadliest blaze ...