Prison Riot

• Venezuela prison riot leaves at least 40 dead, warden injured

  The upheaval at the Llanos Penitentiary Center started with an inmate protest demanding that their relatives be allowed to deliver them food and then an armed confrontation broke out between inmates and guards.

  World

  May 1, 2020
  
• More than 50 dead — with 16 decapitated — in Brazilian prison riot

  At least 52 inmates died, 16 of whom were decapitated, in a prison riot that broke out on Monday morning in the northern Brazilian state of Para, the state's prison authority said on Monday, the latest in a series of deadly clashes.

  World

  Jul 29, 2019
  
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• South Carolina prison riot: Inmate says Bodies stacked in ‘macabre woodpile’

  As the hours dragged on during a riot at a South Carolina prison, bodies piled up on the sidewalk.

  World

  Apr 16, 2018
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• Venezuelan government offers condolences 3 days after prison fire that killed 68

  Venezuela’s government broke its silence about a riot and fire in a police station’s cells that killed 68 people, most of them prisoners.

  World

  Mar 30, 2018
• Kitchen staff walkout possible trigger for Saskatchewan Penitentiary riot: report

  A CSC report says a number of issues were already brewing at Saskatchewan Penitentiary before violence erupted on Dec. 14, 2016.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2018
• Brazilian inmates riot, take prison guards hostage in Rio de Janeiro prison

  Authorities didn't provide information on any deaths or injuries at the prison, where over 2,000 inmates are crowded into a facility built for less than 900.

  Crime

  Feb 18, 2018
• California prison riot leaves 1 inmate dead, several injured from stab wounds

  The riot involved over 160 inmates and broke out around midday Sunday.

  Crime

  Sep 24, 2017
• 47 inmates riot in Massachusetts prison in alleged bid to attack corrections officers

  Rioting inmates armed themselves and "were getting ready for war" during a disturbance at a maximum security prison in Massachusetts, the state's top public safety official said Tuesday.

  Crime

  Jan 10, 2017
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• Brazilian official resigns after saying mass prison killings should happen more often

  The Brazilian government's national secretary of youth has resigned after celebrating the deaths of inmates killed in prison uprisings.

  World

  Jan 7, 2017
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• 50 inmates dead, several escape after Brazil prison riot

  An unknown number of inmates are reported to have escaped in the chaos.

  Crime

  Jan 2, 2017