private prisons

US Prison Boss Who Oversaw the Accidental Early Release of 3,200 Inmates Is Now Running Probation Program in the UK

03.15.16

By Solomon Hughes
Pulse

In 2015, The US Finally Agreed It’s Time to End Mass Incarceration

12.27.15

By Colleen Curry
Pulse

These Undocumented Women Are Hunger Striking Against Their Detention in Texas

10.30.15

By Liz Fields
Pulse

Hillary Clinton Shuns Private Prison Cash, Activists Want Others to Follow Suit

10.23.15

By Liz Fields
Pulse

How US Immigrant Detention Facilities Get Away with Being Complete Hellholes

10.21.15

By Meredith Hoffman
DeRay McKesson and Other Black Civil Rights Leaders Just Met with Hillary Clinton

10.09.15

By Mike Pearl
Pulse

How Private Prisons Are Profiting From Locking Up US Immigrants

10.06.15

By Keegan Hamilton
Pulse

Bernie Sanders Has a Ballsy Plan to Get Rid of Private Prisons — But Will It Work?

09.25.15

By Liz Fields
What We Know About the Four Stabbing Deaths in a Private Oklahoma Prison Last Weekend

09.16.15

By John Washington
The US Government Is Spending Millions to Illegally Lock Up Immigrant Families

08.13.15

By Meredith Hoffman
Pulse

Michigan Is Booting Aramark From Its Prisons, but Not Over Rat-and-Maggot-Tainted Food

07.14.15

By Colleen Curry
Why Are Minorities Overrepresented in Private Prisons?

11.21.14

By Alex Mierjeski

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