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‘Alarmed’: What Happens When Juvenile Detention Centers Don’t Have Enough Staff

From California to New York, juvenile detention systems struggle to protect the youth they house.

Closing Argument • 02.21.2026

From Surveillance to Robot Guards: How AI Could Reshape Prison Life

Critics worry about opaque data collection, privacy violations and the technology’s bias spreading in jails and prisons.

Closing Argument • 08.30.2025

Who Is Billy Marshall? What to Know About Trump’s New Bureau of Prisons Director

West Virginia’s top corrections official led a troubled state agency, and will now head a federal bureaucracy plagued with problems of its own.

News • 04.12.2025

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