The Adult Education Program at St. Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church will offer the second session in its series on the question of prison privatization this Sunday. The series is led ...

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The Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency is intensifying its plans to detain immigrants in private prisons by using $45 billion dollars recently allocated by Congress. ICE is now the ...

So far this year, prison operators Geo Group and CoreCivic are outperforming tech and energy giants alike.

Editor's Note: On Nov. 20, 2025, nearly a week after The Midwest Newsroom asked the Iowa Department of Corrections to comment for this article, department communications specialist Zach Carlyle ...

Crime, incarceration and prison occupancy rates are dropping in the United States, and that’s great news for everyone—except private prison operators. For the companies that manage for-profit ...

It’s certainly a niche asset class. But one that’s rapidly expanding. The ongoing, record-breaking expansion of the nation’s immigrant detention capacity — due to an expedited mass deportation push ...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott's plan to reduce the size, scope and expense of state government included a campaign promise to privatize health care provided by the state's 100,000-inmate prison system.

LONDON — The British government seized control of a squalid contractor-run prison on Monday where inspectors said officers were locking themselves away as protection from prisoners, raising questions ...

After hearing from private prison operators and correctional officials Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee is considering a bill to readdress a plan to privatize 26 correctional facilities in ...