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

Attorneys cite an internal memo they say confirms a staff cellphone recording of the attack.

Prosecutor Details Cannibalism in La Serena Prison Killing

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

Homicide Investigation After Inmate's Death in Solano Prison Yard

Ecuador Prison Riot in Machala Leaves 14 Dead as Police Recapture 13 Escapees

Government to Equip 10,000 Prison Officers With Body Armour and Deploy 500 Tasers

Hashem Abedi Refuses to Attend Court on Frankland Prison Attack Charges

Reports Say Southport Killer Axel Rudakubana Upgraded to 'Standard' Regime at Belmarsh

Nine Dead in Tuxpan Prison Riot, Including Five Guatemalans

Trump Administration to House Migrants in Notorious Angola Prison