An curved arrow pointing right. On August 18, the Department of Justice announced the end of private prisons after they were reported to be less safe and less effective than government-run prisons.

CCA, the nation's largest private prison firm, has about 80 facilities. Even though Colorado is transferring prisoners to Sterling at a rate of 25 a day, it will eventually refill all the private ...

"CCA" has become a dirty word. And that's how it should be. Because profiting off mass incarceration is a dirty business. When private prison company Corrections Corporation of America - or CCA ...