SANTA RITA DO SAPUCAI, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian inmate Ronaldo da Silva hops on a bicycle and pedals furiously, clocking up several miles (kilometers) before slowing down and jumping off. Silva hasn't ...

Rioting inmates beheaded rivals and burned others alive in an explosion of violence in two Brazilian jails that left at least 18 people dead on Monday, the authorities said. Prisoners also took women ...

For a hot moment, Daniel Vorcaro seemed to have made it in the tight-knit world of Brazilian finance. Once the host of a gospel show on a regional TV network, he was suddenly hobnobbing with the ...

Brazil has some of the world's most troubled prisons. They're severely overcrowded, there's disease. This year alone, more than 130 inmates have been killed in gang-related warfare. And prisoners ...

Four inmates involved in one of Brazil's deadliest prison riots suffocated while being transferred to another jail, officials said Wednesday, taking to 62 the number killed over two days. The men were ...

SANTA RITA DO SAPUCAI, Brazil - Brazilian inmate Ronaldo da Silva was making an escape of a sort as he hopped on a bicycle and pedaled furiously, clocking up several miles before jumping off. Silva ...

Brazilian lawmakers have approved legislation that could reduce the time former president Jair Bolsonaro will spend in prison ...

Inmates at a prison in Brazil’s remote Amazon jungle were holding more than 200 people hostage, demanding the return of their leader from another prison. Authorities agreed to bring him back, but both ...

You've probably heard of the dancing inmates that took the internet by storm, but what about pedaling, electricity-generating inmates? In a small prison in Minas Gerais, Brazil, prisoners are given ...