private prisons
A private prison company with a troubled past looks to reopen an immigration detention facility in Texas
The Department of Homeland Security has called for more immigration detention facilities to open along the US-Mexico border. And negotiations between a private prison company and the government have already begun in the Rio Grande Valley.
Poor health care in immigrant detention centers may get worse under Trump
President Trump, how will you handle cases of abuse at privately run prisons and immigration detention centers?
In a small Texas town, a new private detention center for transgender migrants brings jobs — and concerns
California's governor vetoed a bill that would stop privately run migrant detention. What now?
Australia and the UK have a higher proportion of inmates in private prisons than the US
The US may be a pioneer in prison privatization, but its share of prisoners in private custodial facilities is way below Australia's and the UK's.
The Department of Justice will stop contracting with private prison companies, but immigration officials won't follow suit
The data we have from the government is imprecise. But what is clear is that thousands of migrants are processed and detained in privately operated facilities each year.