The Tennessee Senate will vote on a bill that aims to punish private prisons for high inmate deaths on Monday. If passed, the ...

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 ...

Re: “Texas Taking Back Privately Run Prisons — Few of the promised savings and benefits actually panned out,” March 25 editorial. This editorial asserts that partnering with the private ...

The Judiciary Committee heard testimony this week in favor of a bill that would prohibit the privatization of prisons in ...

But it shuttered again three years later when the Biden administration ended all federal contracts with for-profit, private prisons. The North Lake Correctional Facility has previously been eyed ...

The House has doubled that — adding $125 million for additional corrections officers, raises for correctional officers and other staffers, more beds at private prisons and other priorities.

P rivate prison contractors have been around for a long time, but the concept of handing over management of an entire prison ...

Education services in Scotland's prisons are to be handed to an outsourcing company following a recent tendering process.

The Georgia Senate approved a $37.7 billion state budget for fiscal 2026, which now moves back to the House to iron out differences.

The underpinnings of business are of course not inherently corrupt. But business’ singular focus on its own profit is ...