We all know that big corporations spend millions of dollars lobbying in Washington, influencing legislation. But besides Big Oil, Big Pharma and the NRA, another entity has slowly and insidiously ...

Private prison corporations lobbied for ICE's expansion and are now profiting from it. Closing campaign finance loopholes is ...

Over the past decade, the number of immigrants held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities has skyrocketed. And if you’re in the immigrant detention game, times have never ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The Trump administration’s latest lawsuit against California involves a new law banning private prisons from operating in the state. Despite the lawsuit, California lawmakers ...

The world spends hundreds of billions yearly to punish offenders, with little return beyond more crime and less hope. DW examines how private contractors, organized crime gangs and inmates exploit ...

"We will never be able to change the criminal legal system when there is so much money involved." Credit: Shira Friedman-Parks We, as a country, are in the era of mass incarceration. The U.S. has the ...

Immediately after President Trump’s election victory in 2024, private prison stocks soared and company executives could hardly contain their glee. As Trump’s immigration crackdown has accelerated, so ...

The company that owns a private prison in Eastern North Carolina is talking with the Trump Administration about a contract to hold U.S. immigration detainees after wanting to reopen the prison for ...

Publicly traded companies on the New York Stock Exchange and the S&P 600 own and operate for-profit prisons and immigration detention centers in the U.S. The two largest examples are GeoGroup ...

Weighed down by a state prison system that’s a mess — and better described as an unconstitutional form of cruel and unusual punishment — Alabama politicians are on the lookout for ways to incarcerate ...

SAN ANTONIO — Minimum occupancy quotas at immigrant detention facilities nationwide benefit for-profit prison operators by guaranteeing the government pays for thousands of detainees, regardless of ...

The Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility in Mississippi, a private prison operated by GEO Group, is the nation's largest juvenile prison. But... Town Relies On Troubled Youth Prison For Profits ...