Private prisons in the United States

An inmate wearing an orange suit mops near blue plastic bags inside a detention center.

Immigrants, rights activists call on Biden to end private detention

February 10, 2021Migration

Advocates say that ending the migrant detention system is one more piece of the puzzle in achieving racial justice and ending migrant abuse.

Woman at podium wipes away tears, while man stands next to her

Former detainees tell New Mexico legislators about abuses in immigration detention as county seeks to renew contracts

July 17, 2018Immigration

Immigrant children now housed in a tent encampment walk in single file at the facility near the Mexican border in Tornillo, Texas, June 19, 2018.

Private prison shares rise as US eyes more migrant family detention space

June 23, 2018Immigration