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The Big Business of Bad Prison Food

A market analysis said the food service industry in U.S. prisons and jails is worth billions — and is forecasted to grow.

Closing Argument • 03.08.2025

What Will Trump’s Executive Order on Private Prisons Really Do?

The order reverses Biden’s ban on private prison contracts with the Justice Department. Private immigrant detention never stopped and is expected to grow.

Analysis • 01.22.2025

Prison Healthcare Means Not Knowing What’s Slowly Destroying My Body

For over two years, a mystery illness has made it hard for James Keown to walk, sit up and eat. Now he wonders if he has to die to be diagnosed.

Life Inside • 08.18.2023

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