Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Private prisons emerged in the mid-1980s. Their first contracts were in immigration detention, a space they continue to dominate ...

Since Donald Trump retook office, his administration has moved forward with promises to expand the surveillance, detention, and deportation of immigrants, an operation that heavily relies on private ...

Editor's Note: On Nov. 20, 2025, nearly a week after The Midwest Newsroom asked the Iowa Department of Corrections to comment for this article, department communications specialist Zach Carlyle ...

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Private prison operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump pushes for mass deportations, with some facilities nabbing ...

The American Friends Service Committee, which recently held several public hearings to address private prisons in Arizona, are having a group meeting for anyone interested in the organization’s work ...

(WHTM)– A Pennsylvania lawmaker is proposing legislation to prohibit state and local contracts with private prison facilities and corporations in Pennsylvania. State Representative Perry Warren (D-31) ...

The Adelaide Remand Centre furore has reignited Australia’s private prison debate. Are they managed as well as state-run ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- As the Department of Corrections confirmed plans Tuesday to privatize 20 work release centers across Florida, a separate proposal to outsource prison inmate health care ...