In January, a series of coordinated riots across multiple prisons led to the hostage-taking of 150 prison guards. The prison violence reflects Ecuador’s deteriorating security. The Andean nation ...

Guards, especially "good" guards with records ... the people who are trying to find out how to cure the epidemic of prison riots. 1. Convicts, however many exceptions there may be, are generally ...

Some of Britain's most notorious cases have been tried at London's Old Bailey, including those attracting the death penalty until the punishment was abolished in the 1960s.

Another three guards rushed over to help and were also ... 40 “homemade sharpened” weapons were recovered from the prison.

he was sent to Attica during the uprising to represent the governor and to help quell the riot and appease the inmates. Frank Smith was an inmate at the prison and acted as a guard during the ...

A fight among inmates in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison left 15 dead and 14 wounded, authorities said Tuesday, ...

He told BBC Scotland the riot began after an inmate had ... but then the "whole hall joined in". Peterhead Prison Museum The two prison guards were taken hostage by a group of prisoners as the ...

Police guard a hotel in Tamworth, Staffordshire ... when she decided to join the riot. Stephen Rudge, defending, urged the ...

Another prison riot in Ecuador Monday evening has left at ... Also suffering consequences from the violent actions was a prison guard, the authorities said. Ecuador's National Service of Integral ...

The number of inmates killed in a riot in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison rose to 17, authorities said on ...