Law enforcement agencies estimate that tens of thousands of gangs operate across the United States today. These groups range from ...

Hector Bravo joined the California Department of Corrections in 2006 and his first assignment was a maximum and medium security institution. During his eight years as a correctional officer, he says ...

Anyone who has followed the devastating violence in California’s prisons knows that gang rivalries trigger a lot of the bloodshed. So it stood to reason that if the authorities could get members to ...

A wave of violence inside and outside prisons drew attention to President Bernardo Arévalo's fragile political balancing act ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A system designed to protect state inmates has led to increased violence involving so-called ‘dropout’ gangs of ...

The Trump administration is escalating efforts to crack down on gangs that move illicit drugs into the United States, with deadly military strikes at sea and measures to toughen up borders taking ...

Federal authorities in New York have unsealed an indictment charging the alleged leader of the transnational Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua with a slew of violent crimes as he remains at the helm of ...