Council has rejected a proposal to ban items from public gatherings that could become weapons if a peaceful protest became violent. The proposal would have banned otherwise legal items from protests ...

Some at Wetherby Young Offender Institution carry sharp objects as they feel "unsafe", a report says.

A homemade weapon was discovered by Mason County Jail staff during a routine cell search on Aug. 28, the Mason County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. The weapon was a sharpened piece of metal wrapped in ...

A convicted mugger was caught with this 'terrifying' homemade weapon - made from nails and a bike chain. Rafael-Samuel Mirauta, 28, was found with the fearsome DIY baton – created out of a newel post ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says they are investigating the death of an inmate on Thursday as a homicide. Staff saw three inmates in the recreation yard at around 9:52 ...

A 27-year-old California State Prison, Solano inmate was stabbed with an “improvised weapon” and died Wednesday and two other inmates are now under investigation, state prison officials said.

Two inmates at State Correctional Institution at Dallas will face assault charges after one of them attacked a correctional officer with an improvised weapon constructed of a padlock and the other ...

A recent and extremely deadly anti-gang raid in Rio de Janeiro underscores both the escalating firepower of Brazil’s gangs and the growing challenge authorities face as criminal groups diversify their ...