In Brazil, at least 55 prison inmates are dead - strangled or stabbed after fights broke out in four different prisons over the weekend. Officials blame gang violence and say they're transferring ...

Brazil’s often overcrowded and underfunded prison system has been the scene of several deadly incidents in recent months. In May, 55 inmates were killed in gang-related riots at four prisons in ...

In Brazil, prisons without guards offer inmates path to recovery. Facilities run by a local non-profit focus on rehabilitation over punishment, in a method that has expanded worldwide.

Relatives of prisoners hide their identities as they wait to know the names of inmates who died in a prison riot, outside Anisio Jobim Penitentiary Complex in Manaus, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017.

Brazilian prisons are facing a "crisis" as a government crackdown on crime has sent prison numbers soaring by 33 per cent since 2008. New laws to reduce the age of criminal responsibility in ...

Nearly 60 inmates were killed at four different prisons in the capital of Brazil’s northern Amazonas state over two days amid apparent riots, authorities said. Fox News Media Fox Business ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An attack by members of one crime gang on rival inmates touched off a riot at a prison in the northern state of Amazonas, leaving at least 56 dead, including several who ...

Ancelotti has been coaching Brazil's national football team since May this year. A Spanish court handed him a sentence of one ...

Brazilian authorities said Tuesday that the inmates responsible for the killings of 56 rivals at a prison in the Amazon will be transferred to high security federal institutions in addition to ...