This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A system designed to protect state inmates has led to increased violence involving so-called ‘dropout’ gangs of ...

California's prison system faces escalating violence due to 'dropout' gangs, groups formed by inmates who have defected from traditional gangs. These gangs have emerged in protective custody areas, ...

Four Pomona gang members, including a Mexican Mafia prison gang member who controlled and extorted drug proceeds from other ...

The murder by was ordered in retaliation for the inmate’s failure to pay off a heroin debt to the prison gang.

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.

A Mexican Mafia prison gang member who controlled and extorted drug proceeds from Latino street gangs in and around Pomona faces sentencing Thursday for ordering the murder of an inmate at a federal ...

PHOENIX – A West Valley inmate died Tuesday after the second recent fatal gang-related attack in an Arizona prison, authorities said. Jacob Major, 43, died at a Goodyear hospital after an attack at ...

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Authorities in Haiti have ordered a nighttime curfew after an explosion of violence when gang gunmen overran the two biggest prisons and freed thousands of inmates over the weekend. A 72-hour state of ...

The Trump administration is escalating efforts to crack down on gangs that move illicit drugs into the United States, with deadly military strikes at sea and measures to toughen up borders taking ...