A son of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has agreed to plead guilty to drug trafficking in the United States ...

The Trump administration is planning to use more for-profit prisons to house ICE detainees — raising concerns about some well ...

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The Davidson County jail recently failed a state inspection which found it did not meet some minimum standards. Sheriff Daron ...

A federal judge partially granted a preliminary injunction that sought to release funds for the build out of electric vehicle ...

The U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump is seeking to cancel $500 million for a planned federal prison on a former mine in Eastern Kentucky.

With ICE crackdowns on the rise, private prisons are booming businesses The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown means a huge influx of federal dollars to two major private prison companies.

Updated: Jun 19, 2025 / 10:10 AM CDT St. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — A Pearl River man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl on Wednesday, June 18.

Explore hazardous drinking water at Mule Creek State Prison, environmental injustice and reporting by an incarcerated journalist in California.

A private prison facility in eastern Kern County may reopen as a federal immigration processing center if CoreCivic and the government agency known as ICE move forward with a contract.

Private prison and detention contractor CoreCivic has reached an agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to convert its 2,560-bed California City facility into the state’s ...