Law enforcement officials estimate that tens of thousands of gangs are active across the United States, ranging from ...

Four inmates were packed into Cell 201 in the gang module of Hawaiʻi’s largest jail, and some of them were angry. For days, cellmate Chris Vaefaga had been deep in a methamphetamine binge, and he wasn ...

It’s a trend that’s forcing Corrections to adapt its systems to thwart the gangs’ strategies. Gang members make up about 35% of New Zealand’s 11,000-strong prison population; a surge from 2010 when ...

A system designed to protect state inmates has led to increased violence involving so-called ‘dropout’ gangs of prisoners who have defected from other groups. Authorities say one group, the Riders, ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Some of the gangs South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley listed as tied to violence at the men’s prison in Sioux Falls have the largest gang presence in prisons around ...

SAN JOSE — It took two near-death experiences before 36-year-old Joshua Anthony Hernandez was ready to put his life as a gangster in the rearview mirror. He recovered from a near-fatal drug overdose ...

Guatemalan authorities freed hostages on Monday who were being held by gang members in two prisons, including a juvenile facility, in riots attributed to retaliation for the transfer of gang leaders ...

A court in El Salvador on Thursday sentenced three youths to five years in prison and put five more on probation after they were arrested last year following the public release of a video of them ...