Los Angeles officials told most evacuees from the wildfires to stay away from their homes at least another week as emergency responders remove toxic waste from incinerated neighborhoods and cut ...

Brazil has the world's third-largest prison ... Many prisons are run by the inmates and there are frequent clashes between rival gangs. Riots to demand better conditions and prison escapes are ...

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 ...

In the beginning, it sought to defend the human rights of inmates in Brazilian prisons under the motto: freedom, justice, and peace, but later on, other activities were added to the gang's curricula.

But it's real. Inmates at a facility in Brazil have been given an option to reduce their sentences by pedaling bicycles that generate electricity. It's taking place at a maximum security prison ...

At least 75 inmates, many of them members of a notorious Brazilian gang, escaped from a Paraguayan prison in a border town on Sunday, according to authorities who said they immediately fired the ...

The global prison population has been a topic of significant concern and study. According to the World Prison Brief, several countries stand out due to their large numbers of incarcerated individuals.