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 ...

Rioting inmates beheaded rivals and burned others alive in an explosion of violence in two Brazilian jails that left at least 18 people dead on Monday, the authorities said. Prisoners also took women ...

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 — 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, ...

Brazilian authorities said that the inmates responsible for the killings of 60 rivals at two prisons in the Amazon region will be transferred to high-security federal institutions in addition to being ...

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 ...

A Brazilian inmate, who went viral around the world for his attempt to escape prison disguised as his daughter, was found dead in his cell on Tuesday. Prison officials told CNN that Clauvino da Silva, ...

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 ...

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Sixteen were decapitated in the hours-long battle, but most died in a fire that engulfed part of the overcrowded facility that used converted shipping containers to house some of the inmates. It was ...