This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A system designed to protect state inmates has led to increased violence involving so-called ‘dropout’ gangs of ...

Law enforcement agencies estimate that tens of thousands of gangs operate across the United States today. These groups range from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Staff at London’s HMP Wandsworth recovered a drone worth £6,000, which had an extended flight time of 40 minutes and the ability ...

SANDERSVILLE, Ga. — Contraband drones are overwhelming Washington County, where nearly half the jail population now consists of suspects caught smuggling drugs and cell phones into the state prison.

DELANO — Kristopher Thomas has been in prison since 2010, when he was sentenced to 50 years to life for killing a man who identified himself as a member of a rival Los Angeles Crip gang, according to ...

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

UTICA - Special Prosecutor William J. Fitzpatrick delivered the government's opening statement Tuesday at the trial of three former correction officers charged with murder and manslaughter in the ...

GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Guatemala's president declared a state of siege on Sunday after security forces freed dozens of prison guards held hostage by inmates, ending a weekend of gang ...

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D'Zyre Youngblood, of Atlanta, Georgia, worked with a prison gang to scam a Deltona woman of $79,180 sent through Bitcoin ATMs.

A senior prison in the UK has been placed into special measures after reports that violent gangs — described in press reports as predominantly Muslim groups — are exerting significant influence inside ...