Let's consider prisons. A federal prison has to follow federal laws. It has thresholds for staffing and must offer prisoners certain programs and access. A private prison must do what it is ...

Let’s consider prisons. A federal prison has to follow federal laws. It has thresholds for staffing and must offer prisoners certain programs and access. A private prison must do what it is ...

In fact, the law wouldn’t necessarily mean that private prisons would ever be used to house existing Kansas prisoners. But it would allow for the industry to set up shop and begin housing out-of ...

Some critics say the administration's plans also include a deliberate attempt to isolate detainees by locking them up and ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...

Mass deportations are being planned by the U.S. government — and that could mean a big boom in business for private prisons.

How It Works and Who Profits reveals how corporations, investors, and government actors profit from human incarceration, and ...

Rome: Italy has opened its first-ever sex room for prisoners on Friday. The inaugural visit took place in a prison in the ...

Mass incarceration is a complex issue that cannot be solved by simply tweaking the system, but rather by addressing the root ...