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The Latest: Senate leader says Trump’s big bill is close to passage
Senate Republicans are pushing to pass President Donald Trump’s major tax cuts and spending bill after a marathon 24-hour ...
Scripps News on MSN4d
'Absolute hell hole': Private prisons set to house ICE detainees bring new set of problems
The Trump administration is planning to use more for-profit prisons to house ICE detainees — raising concerns about some well ...
Davis Vanguard3h
How a Former Warden Is Disrupting the Prison System—From the Inside Out
Brian Koehn, a Marine Corps veteran and former warden, is leading a movement to transform the criminal justice system with ...
Mother Jones1d
We Asked Trump’s Former Prisons Chief How $45 Billion Will Reshape Immigrant Detention
The massive piece of legislation to which President Donald Trump has just attached his legacy allocates $170 billion for immigration and border enforcement over the next four years—including $45 ...
2 Central Texas prisons will return to state control from private prison contractor
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or TDCJ, will take control and staff two prisons in Central Texas later this year ...
Latin Times on MSN5d
Private Prison Giant Looking to Expand Migrant Detention Faces Fierce Local Resistance in One of America's Most Pro-Prison Towns
When CoreCivic applied earlier this year for a permit in Leavenworth, Kansas to reopen a migrant detention facility, city ...
The Central Virginian4d
Son of kingpin 'El Chapo' to plead guilty to drug trafficking in US
A son of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has agreed to plead guilty to drug trafficking in the United States ...