Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers.

An inmate at High Desert State Prison was fatally stabbed, marking the Nevada prison system's highest death rate in four ...

The use of large-scale force can be understood as a performative attempt to reassert territorial dominance. This aligns with what some scholars describe as the “punitive turn” in Latin America.

Officials said he came to NDOC on April 18 last year from Clark County. According to the coroner, he died from multiple stab ...

Nevada Department of Corrections reports another inmate fatally stabbed on Monday, marking 53 deaths in prison system so far this year.

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Nevada’s prisons face a surge of overdoses as ink-laced synthetic drugs are smuggled through mail, exposing a dangerous rise ...

Officials from t Department of Corrections told lawmakers that skyrocketing drug overdoses are one of the main drivers behind overtime expenses that have cost the state more than $18 ...

R ENO, Nev. (KOLO) - After pleading guilty to three charges, Julian Hutton-Reed was sentenced to life in prison on Friday, ...

UTICA, N.Y. — A Mid-State Corrections Officer charged in connection with the death of inmate Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State Correctional Facility accepted a plea deal from the prosecution. Francis ...

President Bernardo Arévalo called an overhaul of his country’s prison system an “absolute priority” after 20 inmates accused of belonging to the Barrio 18 group were found to have escaped undetected.