A full-blown riot broke out the next day in the prison's medium-security unit. It left some housing units so badly damaged that more than 1,100 prisoners had to be moved to other facilities.

A plot by inmates to riot and take hostages at a prison in regional Western Australia has sparked further questions about ...

The melee at the State Prison Complex-Yuma in San Luis, located about 200 miles southwest of Phoenix, began when an intoxicated inmate refused to follow corrections officers' directions and began ...