Jail sentences for some serious crimes could be reduced under a government review to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis.In ...

Authorities say the number of inmates killed in a riot in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison has risen to 17, a day after the goriest prison episode under the watch of President Daniel Noboa ...

Ecuador’s prisons have become among the deadliest in Latin America as overcrowding, corruption and weak state ... continue to ...

Belgium marked Canada’s Indigenous Veterans Day with a national ceremony honoring the estimated 4,000 Indigenous soldiers who ...

Montana State Prison, which has a 1,526 capacity ... On Tuesday, Gootkin reiterated some of the benefits of the Arizona ...

PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) - With the new prison in Franklin County, there will be more room for prisoners in county jails across ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fight among inmates has left at least 15 dead and 14 injured at Ecuador’s largest prison, authorities said Tuesday. The Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fight among inmates has left at least 15 people dead and 14 injured at Ecuador's largest prison, ...

A violent clash among inmates at Ecuador's largest prison has resulted in at least 15 deaths and 14 injuries. The Litoral ...

"That overcrowding is causing significant issues ... including alternatives to prison for low-risk offenders. "Not everyone who is in jail needs to be," she said.

The situation has improved little since then with regular overcrowding. The Northern Netherlands District Court ordered the accommodation organization, known by its Dutch acronym COA, to bring the ...