The Trump administration is expected to use thousands more beds in these facilities as part of its mass deportation effort.

There’s a private interest behind the detention and the incarceration of our community,” said an activist protesting the ...

The mass deportation bid is spreading fear but hampered by limited ICE detention capacity. Private prisons and local jails ...

Tennessee tied Arizona for states with the highest percentage of prisoners in private institutions. Here's how they compare to other states.

Barriers to entry, including public-relations challenges, remain high despite the Trump administration’s embrace of privately ...

Damon Hininger, the CEO of CoreCivic, which operates private prisons and immigrant detention centers, opened an investor call last month on a buoyant note. "I've worked at CoreCivic for 32 years, and ...

Private prison companies in the United States can hardly contain their excitement as the Trump administration moves to revive ...

Tennessee houses nearly 29% of its inmates in private prisons, ranking it among the top four states nationally. Since 2000, the number of Tennessee prisoners in private facilities has surged by 95 ...

More for education: The House adds $98.4 million to Kemp’s proposed K-12 education budget. Much of the money would go to establish grant programs for student mental health and other support services, ...

Local residents have voiced opposition for a number of reasons, including the shuttered prison’s history of violence and ...