A state appeals court panel has upheld a second man’s conviction for the apparently gang-related death of an innocent bystander struck by gunfire near a taco truck in Long Beach just over five years ...

Earl Harris, an inmate at California State Prison, Solano, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in 2006 for a gang-related shooting and selling drugs. “I was ...

The bill, AB1633, is aimed at limiting the profits of the detention centers, which take in hundreds of millions of dollars ...

Riots in which 46 guards were taken hostage were followed by coordinated street attacks in which 10 members of the National ...

Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo has declared a state of siege after suspected gang members in Guatemala’s capital killed ...

GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 18 (Reuters) - ‌Violence ​broke out ‌in parts of Guatemala on ​Sunday morning after Guatemalan security ...

A man serving life in prison for a deadly gang shooting in Southern California has died following an altercation with another inmate at a prison in Solano County, officials said.

Two inmates in a California state prison are being investigated for the alleged murder of a third inmate in one of the facility’s yards on Sunday, officials with the California Department of ...

A gang-related altercation on a prison sidewalk at Washington State Prison left three inmates dead and 13 others hospitalized. One victim, Jimmy Trammell, was set for release this month after serving ...

A gang-related fight on a prison sidewalk left three inmates dead and 13 hospitalized. One victim, Jimmy Trammell, was set to be released this month after serving a 20-year sentence. The facility was ...

Anyone who has followed the devastating violence in California’s prisons knows that gang rivalries trigger a lot of the bloodshed. So it stood to reason that if the authorities could get members to ...

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 ...