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Life Inside August 15, 2019
The Federal Prisoner Transit System—aka “Diesel Therapy”—Is Hell
Highlights of prisoner travel include gang fights, overflowing toilets and two weeks shackled to a neo-Nazi.
By Michael Rothenberg
A former Prisoner Transportation Services of America van at an automotive repair shop in Smyrna, Tenn., in 2016.
News February 28, 2019
Members of Congress Seek Answers From Prisoner Transport Company
Officials demand details about deaths and sexual abuse on transport vans.
By Alysia Santo
Life Inside January 25, 2018
The Misery of “Medical Chain”
When a trip to the hospital means spending hours on a cramped bus handcuffed to another prisoner.
By Deidre Mcdonald
Escaped inmates Darren Walp, 37, left, and Andrew Foy, 32, in a surveillance video from a Quik Trip store in Sapulpa, Okla., on August 23, 2017.
News August 25, 2017
The Great Escape? Par for the Course.
“These guys were absolutely jaw-dropping in their incompetence.”
By Alysia Santo and Eli Hager
A former Prisoner Transportation Services van at an automotive repair shop in Smyrna, Tenn., in 2016.
News June 6, 2017
Justice Department Probes Alleged Abuses on Prison Transport Vans
Almost a year after our story, a preliminary investigation looks closely at one case.
By Alysia Santo and Eli Hager
The rear holding compartment of a Prisoner Transportation Services van.
News April 26, 2017
Congressman Calls for Probe into Private Prisoner Transport
Rep. Ted Deutch, a Florida Democrat, keeps up pressure on the House.
By Eli Hager and Alysia Santo
Kevin Eli's death on March 7 was at least the fifth on a PTS vehicle in five years.
News March 23, 2017
Another Death on a For-Profit Extradition Vehicle
Federal officials promised last year to look into the mistreatment of detainees, but little has changed.
By Alysia Santo and Eli Hager
The updated rear holding compartment of a Prisoner Transportation Services van now has a video camera in the ceiling.
News December 7, 2016
Federal Official Urges Probe of ‘Abuse’ on Private Prisoner Transport
It is the latest call for an investigation of the for-profit extradition industry.
By Alysia Santo and Eli Hager
A former Prisoner Transportation Services of America vehicle at a maintenance yard in La Vergne, Tenn.
News August 9, 2016
Merger Put on Hold for Prisoner Transportation Company Facing Federal Scrutiny
A proposed deal between Prisoner Transportation Services and its closest rival is delayed after an objection is filed.
By Eli Hager and Alysia Santo
Private companies which transport prisoners will be reviewed by Attorney General Loretta Lynch after Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch of Florida brought industry-wide problems to her attention during a House Judiciary committee hearing, July 12, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
News July 12, 2016
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch Will Probe Private Prisoner Transport Industry
Her pledge to lawmakers comes after a Marshall Project investigation into deaths and abuses in the industry.
By Eli Hager
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