Lacking an available pool of migrant labor, the United Stated has historically turned to another vulnerable ...

The administration of US President Donald Trump is preparing to resume the practice of detaining migrant families. This move ...

The private prison company's announcement was welcomed ... medical treatments like CPR because he wasn't given a chance to practice hands-on, he said. Once he started working, he realized the ...

Private prison operators will be key to helping this ... That may force the Trump administration to employ the practice known as "catch and release," Rick Su, a law professor at the University ...

Some have speculated that private prisons may step in and some BOP prisoners ... file complaints regarding policy violations, but in practice, it is slow, manual, and often leads to retaliation ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental illness or substance abuse. A new law will help them get Medicaid.

Under Charles Linehan's three-year tenure leading the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office's acclaimed conviction review unit, ...

In Nigeria, an unacknowledged crisis is escalating, as young persons, especially girls, are being lured into a dangerous ...

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Shares of private prison companies have grown since the election. Those facilities could expand under Trump, despite claims ...

Just over four years ago on the campaign trail, Joe Biden made a bold pledge to voters that as president he would end the federal use of private prisons – facilities where inmates have long ...