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US Prison Boss Who Oversaw the Accidental Early Release of 3,200 Inmates Is Now Running Probation Program in the UK
Privatization of probation in the UK means ex-convicts will be in the hands of companies with some pretty questionable records.
In 2015, The US Finally Agreed It's Time to End Mass Incarceration
Spurred by President Obama, political and law enforcement leaders called for changes to the justice system this year — and, extraordinarily, both parties agreed.
These Undocumented Women Are Hunger Striking Against Their Detention in Texas
Many of the 27 women on strike have written letters claiming that they are served inedible food and are denied adequate medical care and legal representation as they wait for their cases to be resolved.
Hillary Clinton Shuns Private Prison Cash, Activists Want Others to Follow Suit
Clinton's decision reportedly came after a series of meetings with several minority advocacy groups that have been demanding that 2016 candidates address the excesses of America's sprawling criminal justice system.
How US Immigrant Detention Facilities Get Away with Being Complete Hellholes
A new report says that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement inspectors have routinely overlooked critical safety concerns at immigrant detention facilities in recent years.
DeRay McKesson and Other Black Civil Rights Leaders Just Met with Hillary Clinton
The discussion reportedly focused on policing, prisons, and the political rhetoric around race in the United States.
How Private Prisons Are Profiting From Locking Up US Immigrants
The 2016 presidential election could determine the future of the private prison industry in the US, but its two largest corporations now take in a combined $3.2 billion in annual revenue.
Bernie Sanders Has a Ballsy Plan to Get Rid of Private Prisons — But Will It Work?
The Justice is Not For Sale Act would eliminate all private prison contracts within three years, but experts say the industry won't be taken down so easily.
What We Know About the Four Stabbing Deaths in a Private Oklahoma Prison Last Weekend
The precise cause of the chaos is still unclear, but tensions in the Cimarron Correctional Facility in the small city of Cushing, which sits between Tulsa and Oklahoma City, remain high.
The US Government Is Spending Millions to Illegally Lock Up Immigrant Families
Private prison companies are reaping in government cash to run detention centers for immigrant families, despite a court ruling ordering the Obama administration to close the controversial facilities.
Michigan Is Booting Aramark From Its Prisons, but Not Over Rat-and-Maggot-Tainted Food
A disagreement over financing comes after the company's allegedly unsanitary and unsafe working conditions made headlines in the state and around the country.
Why Are Minorities Overrepresented in Private Prisons?
For-profit prisons like healthy inmates, who tend to be young and black or Hispanic.