Two clashes between rival gangs in a southern Ecuadorian prison left at least 31 inmates dead on Sunday, including 27 who were killed by “asphyxiation,” officials said. In the first attack, the ...

Ecuador moved 300 high-risk prisoners to a new maximum-security facility following a deadly riot. The transfer aims to weaken ...

The new wave of violence rocked the El Oro No 1 Detention Center in Machala over the weekend with retaliations leaving 31 ...

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has spared the life of a death row inmate just before he was set to receive a lethal injection on ...

A former Bristol County jail employee and four others were indicted in an alleged scheme to smuggle K‑2 into the jail, investigators say.

Wood, 46, is set to be executed Nov. 13 for a fatal stabbing in Oklahoma City in 2002. He denies he was the stabber. He is ...

Tim Robbins brings theater to prisons through The Actors’ Gang, using art to restore humanity, joy, and shared purpose.

The deaths came hours after a prison clash the same day that left four inmates dead and injured 33 prisoners and one police ...

An Oklahoma inmate whose life was spared by Gov. Kevin Stitt just moments before he was to receive a lethal injection on Thursday was later found unresponsive inside his cell and rushed to receive ...

The facility, known as the “Cárcel del Encuentro” and located in Santa Elena province, is described by the government as a ...