The killings occurred a day after gang member inmates took 46 people hostage in three prisons across the country, officials ...

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Hundreds of anti-riot police entered a maximum security prison in Guatemala early Sunday to free guards who had been taken ...

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 ...

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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.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Members of Guatemala’ s two largest gangs — Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha — staged riots in two Guatemalan prisons on Tuesday, demanding the return of 10 leaders who were sent ...

The presentation to the Utah Legislature estimated Utah had 4,500 gang members. That’s about 12 out of every 10,000 Utahns.