Princeton Students for Prison Education and Reform has submitted a referendum calling for the Council of the Princeton University Community and the Princeton University Investment Company to divest ...

When it comes to for-profit, private corporate incarceration of immigrants, making lots of money is like drinking salt water, the more they drink, the thirstier they get. Roman proverbs say that the ...

Federal immigration authorities expect to hold record numbers of detainees over the next year, and that’s music to the ears of private prison executives. Executives from the two biggest private prison ...

The Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency is intensifying its plans to detain immigrants in private prisons by using $45 billion dollars recently allocated by Congress. ICE is now the ...

ADELANTO, California—The Obama administration’s recent decision to close private prisons might not have the sweeping implications that many people initially thought. Immigrant rights advocates say ...

The year 2016 was a wild one for the private prison industry. How do private prisons work, what effect have they had on American criminal justice and what does the future hold for them? As a ...

despite a recent statement by the Arizona Auditor General that for-profit imprisonment in Arizona may cost more than incarceration in publicly-operated facilities. According to a news report, private ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — The state no longer is considering contracting with a private company to provide health ...

The state of Iowa is quietly moving toward a decision that would harm hundreds of dedicated public servants, endanger thousands of incarcerated Iowans, and cost the taxpayer dearly. The Department of ...