News
December 17, 2020
His administration has funneled $30 million to Ashland University in Ohio. Critics say the school’s tablet-based program fails incarcerated students.
News
November 17, 2020
CoreCivic and GEO Group have been shifting away from prisons toward other government contracts, like office space and immigration detention.
The System
November 13, 2020
Sure, prisons and jails are dangerous places. But everyday life inside isn’t as explosive as TV and movies make it look.
Feature
June 26, 2019
What happened in Mississippi when no one wanted dangerous, low-paying guard jobs.
Commentary
November 6, 2017
When A Small Town’s Private Prison Goes Bust
Contrary to popular belief, private prisons often don’t save the economies of the rural towns that seek them out.
Life Inside
October 13, 2016
“No one wants to be accused of being ‘inmate-friendly.’”
News
August 18, 2016
With the feds cutting back, the companies are down but not out.
Feature
July 6, 2016
Tens of thousands of people every year are packed into vans run by for-profit companies with almost no oversight.
Feature
April 12, 2016
How loved ones bear the hidden cost of shipping inmates out of state.
News
June 22, 2015
Columbia students rally to get their school to divest from private prison companies.