the director and 11 officials at a prison in northern Mexico have been charged with helping 17 inmates escape through a tunnel starting in the prison's laundry room.

The federal prosecutor's office says the director and 11 officials at a prison in northern Mexico have been charged with helping 17 inmates escape through a tunnel starting in the prison's laundry room.The prosecutor's office alleges the prison officials...

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Ruben Pinuelas running a prison yard for the Mexican Mafia.

Ruben Pinuelas was a rising star in the criminal underworld. By the time he turned 24, he'd left his small gang in El Centro behind, got busted for auto theft, stabbed an inmate and moved on to bigger things: running a prison yard for the Mexican Mafia. His...

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The threat of the rising Mississippi River has prisoners at Angola State Prison racing to make sandbags and finish other preparations.

And longtime Angola Warden Burl Cain has readied plans to evacuate thousands of the prisoners in a matter of days. Cain told reporters Thursday that if predictions hold the river surrounding the prison farm will reach unprecedented levels soon.As cattle...

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Inmates at a prison near Venezuela's capital freed the prison director and 14 other hostages Thursday and ended an eight-day standoff over conditions at the jail.

Inmates at a prison near Venezuela's capital freed the prison director and 14 other hostages Thursday and ended an eight-day standoff over conditions at the jail.The prisoners released the last of their hostages after talks led to an agreement by government...

READ MORE - Inmates at a prison near Venezuela's capital freed the prison director and 14 other hostages Thursday and ended an eight-day standoff over conditions at the jail.

400 prisoners are locked up in their cells 23 hours a day because they are in fear of being killed in jail.

A growing gang culture in prisons has forced authorities to take drastic measures to ensure the safety of those under threat.The director general of the Irish Prison Service, Brian Purcell, admitted yesterday there were now more than 900 prisoners under...

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suspected Aryan Brotherhood prison gang member got hold of a cell phone and called a friend to break him out of a minimum-security conservation camp in Nevada City, Calif

One day last summer, a suspected Aryan Brotherhood prison gang member got hold of a cell phone and called a friend to break him out of a minimum-security conservation camp in Nevada City, Calif.Once free, 36-year-old Jeffory Shook --"one of the most...

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Flanagan had close ties to the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, a race-based state-wide organization that operates inside and outside of state and federal prisons located throughout the state of Texas and the United States.

31-year old  Lufkin, Texas, woman was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone to 15 years in federal prison for her role in a double homicide that took place in Nacogdoches, Texas, in August 2007.April Flanagan pleaded...

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The Texas Syndicate's golden rule is as simple as it is merciless: Betray us and you're dead.

Authorities contend that in the past decade, members of the Texas Syndicate, which is the state's original prison gang, have carried out at least 50 murders, solved or unsolved, in addition to countless extortions, kidnappings, robberies and assaults....

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victim’s death was ordered by “a very powerful prison gang called the 'suranos,'” Spanish for the South Gang.

The trial of an Oregon State Penitentiary inmate accused of killing another prisoner got underway in Marion County Circuit Court .Isacc Creed Agee, 33, is on trial for what prosecutors say was his part in the slaying of Antonio Barrantes-Vasquez inside...

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The final three members of the Black Guerrilla Gang have pleaded guilty in federal court, wrapping up cases against 21 members what authorities described as a violent group responsible for money laundering, drug dealing and attacks inside Maryland prisons.

Police said they used pre-paid debit card accounts to deal drugs beyond prison walls.“This case reflects an unprecedented commitment by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to combat crime and corruption in state correctional...

READ MORE - The final three members of the Black Guerrilla Gang have pleaded guilty in federal court, wrapping up cases against 21 members what authorities described as a violent group responsible for money laundering, drug dealing and attacks inside Maryland prisons.