"It's like gladiator academy," DA says. At Oklahoma's Allen Gamble Correctional Center, a medium security prison, inmate ...

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Faced with rising costs in the Department of Corrections, some lawmakers say it's an uncomfortable choice they may be forced to make.

Peru's Guardianes de la Trocha gang has taken over La Pampa, a gold-rich area running alongside the Tambopata National Reserve, one of the most biodiverse regions on the continent. Forbidden Stories ...

Authorities in Guatemala accused gangs of killing eight police on Sunday in retaliation for the government's refusal to transfer gang leaders to a lower-security prison. The killings occurred in the ...

Authorities in Guatemala accused gangs of killing eight police on Sunday in retaliation for the government's refusal to transfer gang leaders to a lower-security prison. The killings occurred in the ...

A grand jury has indicted five members of rival motorcycle gangs in connection with a fight involving knives and hammers that erupted in September at a Lindenhurst gas station. The grand jury charged ...

Police patrolled a gang-controlled area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where violence has displaced 1.4 million. Guatemalan police and soldiers used new powers under a state of emergency. And police in ...

New videos show Oklahoma prison guards watched for 45 minutes as an inmate was strangled to death by his cellmate, sparking ...

Guatemala's president on Sunday declared a 30-day nationwide state of emergency to combat criminal gangs after authorities accused the groups of killing eight police officers and holding hostages at ...

A youth incarcerated at a troubled state-run juvenile prison suffered a serious injury Monday in a fight. The Ohio Department of Youth Services, which operates the state's three youth prisons and ...

The wife of a once-detained American citizen was released this week after being held for more than a year in a Venezuelan prison following their arrest while traveling to the South American nation to ...