SANTA RITA DO SAPUCAI, Brazil (AP) – Brazilian inmate Ronaldo da Silva was making an escape of a sort as he hopped on a bicycle and pedaled furiously, clocking up several miles (kilometers) before ...

Forty-six inmates involved in one of Brazil's deadliest prison riots were being transferred to other jails Tuesday, an official said. At least 57 people were killed on Monday when fighting broke out ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities said Tuesday that the inmates responsible for the killings of 56 rivals at a prison in the Amazon will be transferred to high security federal institutions ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian drug trafficker, who had attempted to escape from prison disguised as his teenage daughter, was found dead in his cell on Tuesday, officials said. Clauvino da Silva, ...

A prison riot in which guards and prisoners were held hostage, ended 48 hours after it begun after some of the inmates’ demands were met, local media reported Wednesday. A number of people were ...

You've probably heard of the dancing inmates that took the internet by storm, but what about pedaling, electricity-generating inmates? In a small prison in Minas Gerais, Brazil, prisoners are given ...

Four inmates involved in one of Brazil's deadliest prison riots suffocated while being transferred to another jail, officials said Wednesday, taking to 62 the number killed over two days. The men were ...