They left prison gangs, but is that a good thing? Also, Newsom's State of the State speech and more big stories.

On New Year's Eve, some 1,200 inmates enjoyed funk music and danced with family members inside the walls of Complexo Penitenciario Anisio Jobim, the largest prison complex in Brazil's northern state of Amazonas Shortly after midnight, fireworks, paid for ...

Three local gang leaders were sentenced for their roles in facilitating the criminal activities of a national prison gang called “La Nuestra Familia” (NF), according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Chief Judge Bastian sentenced Jacenir DaSilva of ...

DELANO — Kristopher Thomas has been in prison since 2010, when he was sentenced to 50 years to life for killing a man who identified himself as a member of a rival Los Angeles Crip gang, according to court records. Despite being locked away in Kern ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison for orchestrating the kidnapping of 17 people, including five children, who were on a missionary trip to the Caribbean country.