A prison riot has left at least 47 dead and 75 wounded in western Venezuela, a country where NGOs and inmates’ families regularly denounce unsanitary conditions, violence and overcrowding behind bars.

Venezuela released three former Caracas Metropolitan Police officers after 23 years in prison, ending one of the longest political detention cases in Latin America while reopening a painful national ...

The death toll from the mass poisoning this week of inmates at a Venezuelan jail has risen to 35, a lawmaker said Friday, though prison officials insisted the tally was far lower. The incident is the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CARACAS, May 24 (Reuters) - Prisoners in Venezuela's western Barinas prison staged a protest on the roof of the ‌detention center ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine who spent 448 days imprisoned in Venezuela called Friday for the international community to increase pressure on the government of interim Venezuelan ...

CARACAS, May 24 (Reuters) - Prisoners in Venezuela's western Barinas prison staged a protest on the roof of the detention center on Sunday, piling flaming mattresses and calling for the removal of the ...