Encarcelacion

September 27, 2012

A massive, front-door prison walkout exposes gaping holes in Mexico’s corrections system.

132 inmates escape Mexican prison near US boarder

September 18, 2012

132 prisoners dug their way to freedom according to authorities who said they escaped a Mexican prison through an underground tunnel.

Agence France-Presse

Peru prison: from pot smoke to pottery class

GlobalPost

May 14, 2012

There's nothing quite like Lurigancho, Peru’s largest prison, reputedly one of the toughest in South America. GlobalPost gets inside, and finds some surprises.

Agence France-Presse

Caging in Central America

GlobalPost

May 14, 2012

The region’s overcrowded prisons are deadly and churn out the real hardened criminals.

Agence France-Presse

Brazil: Rio shuts makeshift police-run jails

GlobalPost

May 14, 2012

With official prisons overloaded, police turned anything from old buses to horse stables into detention centers. Now Rio de Janeiro is cracking down.

Agence France-Presse

Mexican hot potato over who controls prisons

GlobalPost

May 14, 2012

Some of Mexico's prisons are out of control and ill-equipped to handle the glut of inmates. While politicos fiddle, prisoners break out.

Politics

In Venezuela’s prisons, inmates are the wardens

GlobalPost

May 14, 2012

There’s always a party, everyone is armed, and prisoners sometimes engage in gladiatorial fights to the death.

Agence France-Presse

How packed are the Americas' prisons?

GlobalPost

May 14, 2012

Prison overcrowding is a major concern throughout much of the Americas. GlobalPost maps out prison populations and capacity by country.