Conflicts between cartels and other organized crime groups in Mexico are often replicated in prison populations, which struggle with overcrowding.

A 52-year-old man deported to Mexico 10 times for an array of crimes was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison Tuesday after he was caught on Kauai in September driving drunk without a license ...

Officials in the Mexican state of Veracruz say they have restored order in a prison where seven inmates were killed and 11 were injured in a riot that broke out last night.