Fútbol, haircuts and prayers: check out a photogallery of life inside the Bellavista jail in Colombia, which houses drug dealers, members of paramilitaries and corrupt politicians.

Over 250 inmates were injured in an 11-hour riot between Latino and black gangs in the California Institution for Men in Chino, California.

"Go Raiders!" Last words from death row inmates. (via Metafilter)

Should inmates raise babies in jail?

Turned off by America's shrinking job market, migration to the U.S. from México dropped by 25 percent, according to census figures from the Mexican government. (via Foreign Policy)

One out of every 31 American adults is in jail, according to a report by the Pew Center on the States. One of every 27 Hispanics is in jail, compared to one of 11 black adults and one of every 45 white adults.

For the first time in American history, one out of every 100 Americans is in prison, according to a report by the Pew Center on the States. In Kentucky, the crime rate has increased "about 3 percent in the past 30 years, while the state's inmate population has increased by 600 percent."

Prison Talk is an online message board for family and friends of people in jail. (via NYT - The Medium)

The California State prison in Chino remains locked down after a riot last Saturday which took six hours to quell and left 51 inmates in need of medical attention. Over 800 prisoners participated in the disturbance which began with a fight between a Latino and a Black inmate. California's overcrowded prison system is expected to receive renewed attention from the state's governor and legislature.

The city of Philadelphia is giving free condoms to its male prisoners. (via BWE)