A private prison in Lake County is set to reopen with a federal contract and could house up to 1,800 immigrants detained by ...

The for-profit prison industry has come knocking again in southwestern Wyoming, this time in Kemmerer. Unlike during ...

Lawmakers originally agreed to allow private companies to manage some prisons in the late 1980s. Two trends helped drive that decision. The first was severe overcrowding, which eventually prompted ...

The family of a woman who was strangled to death last year during a conjugal visit with her husband at a Northern California ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Shouldn't a private prison company pay more? “This would have the state of Arizona lease it for a dollar a year,” he said.

The private prison industry has again come knocking in southwestern Wyoming, pitching the for-profit detention of immigrants as a potential boon for the region’s transitioning economy.

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LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (KCTV) - A private prison company is trying to get around city permit rules to open an ICE detention facility in Leavenworth. The rules would seem cut and dried. A prison or jail ...

Late last year, 23andMe said it was cutting about 40% of its workforce and discontinuing further development of all its ...

The mass release also serves a practical role in reducing prison populations while reinforcing social stability.

From Porridge to Prison Break, TV audiences have long had a fascination with incarceration. With bars reducing the options for action, the consequences are always amplified. A captive audience is ...