An inmate was stabbed to death last Thursday at High Desert State Prison, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections and the man’s mother. Hawk Urban, 27, who had been imprisoned on multiple ...

A prison fight in Ecuador has left at least 15 people dead and 14 others injured, authorities in the South American country ...

The crackdown has fueled sharp criticism from human rights groups, raising alarm about prison conditions and saying many of those arrested were innocent or only had loose ties to gangs.

An inmate was stabbed to death last Thursday at High Desert State Prison, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections and ... between the two institutions in the wake of an increase in gang ...