Armed gangs attacked Haiti’s National Penitentiary on Saturday, allowing several notorious gang leaders and other prisoners to escape the vastly overcrowded facility, a high-level police source ...

The grisly riot is the latest deadly prison attack this year Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. SAO PAULO — At least 52 ...

Guatemala faces ongoing challenges with gang activity, and recent events highlight how these groups test the system’s limits. On October 12, officials announced that 20 leaders from the Barrio 18 gang ...

Rival gangs of inmates fought in two prisons in Ecuador, killing at least 22 people and injuring about 80, authorities said Thursday. Violence broke out on Wednesday in the main prison in the city of ...

We know all about the men involved in various gangs around the world, but what happens when those men are caught and sent to prison? How do they all communicate with each other in different prison ...

Tren de Aragua, MS-13 and the Sinaloa cartel are among the two gangs and six drug cartels the US has officially designated as foreign terrorist organizations, fulfilling a long-standing goal from US ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Hundreds of inmates fled Haiti’s main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility in an overnight explosion of violence that engulfed much of the capital. At least five ...

Clashes between drug gangs have claimed at least 17 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadorian prison in days, with rampaging inmates beheading and maiming rivals, officials in the ...

Police say 13 inmates and one prison guard have been killed and another 14 people injured in clashes between rival gangs in a jail in Ecuador. People living near the prison in the southwestern city of ...

Canada's prison system is struggling with a dangerous gang population that is becoming increasingly diverse and more difficult to manage. About 2,306 inmates are now known to belong to what ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A grisly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras Tuesday left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the country’s president blamed on “mara” street gangs ...

A battle between gangs in a prison killed at least 116 people and injured 80 in what authorities are calling the worst penitentiary massacre in Ecuador’s history. At least five dead were reported ...