Crime ❯ Violent Crime

Prison Violence

Inmate Assault Assault Gang Violence Inmate Assaults Riots Inmate Deaths Inmate Attacks Assaults on Officers Inmate Incidents Assaults in Prisons

Second Inmate Killed at Quebec Maximum-Security Prison in Under a Month

The case is under a criminal investigation with an internal review underway.

Police Say Ian Huntley Still in Serious Condition After Prison Assault as Media Report Unverified Deterioration

Ian Huntley Remains in Serious Condition After HMP Frankland Assault, Police Say

Huntley Remains in Serious Condition After HMP Frankland Workshop Attack, Police Say

Police Identify Suspect After HMP Frankland Assault Leaves Ian Huntley in Serious Condition

Family Sues CDCR Over Salinas Valley Prison Killing as State Denies Liability

Prosecutor Details Cannibalism in La Serena Prison Killing

Metz Prison Guards Tried Over Alleged Role in Inmate Attacks

Unions at Huelva Prison Allege Mutiny and Injuries as Officials Deny Unrest

Catalan Parliament Grants Agent-of-Authority Status to Prison Staff on Internal-Regime Duties

Peru Steps Up Prison Raids With Justice Minister Leading Lurigancho Sweep

Gang-Linked Fight at Georgia’s Washington State Prison Leaves 3 Inmates Dead

Ecuador Finds 13 Inmates Dead at Machala Prison After Blast Outside Facility

Brief Scuffle Between Two Inmates in Chanchalguda Prison Medical Wing

Machala Prison Violence Leaves 31 Inmates Dead in Ecuador

31 Dead in Ecuador Prison as Government Begins Transfers to New Maximum-Security Facility

Ecuador Prison Clashes Leave 31 Dead After Night of Gunfire

Prison Riot in Ecuador’s Machala Leaves 4 Dead, 43 Injured

Three Inmates Suspected in Fatal Yard Attack at Salinas Valley State Prison

Diddy Reportedly Threatened With Knife in Brooklyn Jail, Prompting Renewed Transfer Push