A prison riot that broke out early Saturday in the southern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo ... erupted after a failed jail-break, with prisoners grabbing one police detective and four guards as ...

A number of inmates at a jail in the northern Brazilian city of Belem have died during an attempted mass breakout. They were aided by an armed group outside the jail which used explosives against ...

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Thursday handed down prison sentences to three defendants ... “At what point did Matheus enter the three buildings and break everything?

A 17-hour riot at a Brazilian prison between gangs fighting for control of drug sales resulted in scores of deaths and a manhunt for escapees. The Manaus prison was filled to over double its ...

The former Brazilian president ... Mr. Trump will head to the White House — and Mr. Bolsonaro could be headed to prison. Three separate criminal investigations are closing in on Mr. Bolsonaro ...

A Supreme Court judge in Brazil issued a ruling that might have ... That would apply to 1,500 prisoners, including Lula who has been in prison since April on corruption charges.

Three reasons help explain why the two politicians have faced such contrasting fates. By Jack Nicas Jack Nicas has covered election-fraud claims around the 2020 U.S. election and 2022 Brazilian ...

According to data from the Igarapé Institute, almost half of the female prison population in Brazil is between 18 and 29 years old and about 70% are black women.