The office of radical socialist Honduran President Xiomara Castro said on Wednesday that control of the national prison system will be transferred to the military police for at least one year.
Evin Prison in Tehran, long notorious for both its hideous conditions and the large number of political prisoners held there, caught fire on Saturday.
The number of inmates killed in prison riots in Ecuador this week rose to 79 Wednesday, government officials confirmed.
At least nine inmates died in Peru during a prison riot demanding better sanitary conditions to protect from the Chinese coronavirus, the country’s prison authority announced on Tuesday.
Islamic State militants on Monday night staged their second prison riot in 24 hours at the holding facility in Hasakah, a city in northeastern Syria controlled by Kurdish forces. Kurdish officials said they narrowly avoided a “catastrophe” and warned they are having increasing difficulty controlling the ISIS prison population.
A riot broke out at a prison in northeastern Thailand on Sunday after a rumor spread of a Chinese coronavirus outbreak at the facility. On Monday, corrections officials assured the public they had regained control of the prison. However, an
Authorities in Venezuela have transferred at least 72 people following an inmate revolt at the Helicoide prison facility in Caracas.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Un amotinamiento de prisión mortal a las afueras del municipio de Cadereyta ha dejado a 16 presos muertos y al menos 30 heridos, incluyendo un guardia de prisión. Hasta 250 presos se enfrentaron con las autoridades a las que finalmente se les dio la orden de abrir fuego para rescatar a un grupo de guardias que habían sido secuestrados por reclusos.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — A deadly prison riot in the suburb of Cadereyta killed 16 inmates and left at least 30 injured, including a guard. As many as 250 prisoners fought with authorities who were ultimately given the order to open fire to rescue a group of guards.
At least 28 inmates died with five beheaded during a fierce prison riot in the Mexican state of Guerrero–the same day that U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly visited the region to discuss cartel violence.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Authorities in this border state have been carrying out elaborate security raids at prisons to prevent riots and breakouts by cartel members.
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — For several hours, cartel members housed at the state prison in this city waged war over control of the facility. Gunfire could be heard as police forces moved into the facility to restore peace.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — La violencia que existe en los penales de la frontera sigue evidenciando el autogobierno que se maneja dentro de las prisiones de la región fronteriza. Esta semana se registro un motín en el Penal de Cadereyta donde 600 internos se manifestaron por el incremento de medidas de seguridad las cuales disminuyeron el trafico de drogas.
MONTERREY, Nuevo León. — This week, roughly 600 inmates inside the Cadereyta Prison rioted over the increase in security measures aimed at keeping drugs out.
CIUDAD VICTORIA — Dozens of Los Zetas cartel members escaped from the state prison in Ciudad Victoria escaped after setting fires and starting riots since earlier this week. The cartel-connected inmates escaped through a tunnel. Inside the prison, inmates continued running
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — La violencia estallo en el Penal del Topo Chico donde reos ligados a Los Zetas han peleado por el control de esa cárcel, nuevamente se reporto una movilización policiaca para reforzar la seguridad por una riña que dejo a un reo muerto y al menos seis internos heridos graves.
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Violence sparked in the Topo Chico prison when inmates tied to the Los Zetas cartel began to fight for control inside again. The riot set off a large police deployment aimed at securing the compound that killed one inmate and left at least six others with serious injuries.
Authorities linked to the Bashar al-Assad regime have agreed to release 30 detainees from the Hama prison in Syria in exchange for ending the ongoing prison riot that has been raging since Monday, reports a monitor group.
Nearly 15 hours after a riot at a Northern California prison, guards found a missing inmate sawed nearly in two, with his abdominal organs and most chest organs removed, his body folded and stuffed into a garbage can in a shower stall a few doors from his cell.
As Time notes, prison riots in Iraq are not uncommon occurrences, often beginning with attacks on the prison compounds by militant forces seeking to rescue their comrades.
MCALLEN, Texas — Illegal aliens rioting in a private prison near the Texas border have left the prison in uninhabitable conditions, forcing federal authorities to move inmates to other facilities. The riot broke out earlier this week when 2,000 prisoners at the
According to a Texas border television station, when about 2,000 illegal aliens engage in a mass riot, yelling, overturning tents, and setting fires, it is only a “demonstration.”
Approximately 2,000 inmates at a federal detention center near the border that primarily houses immigration detainees rioted and set off fires, requiring a massive mobilization of law enforcement to secure the perimeter and restore order.