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Feature June 26, 2019
Corporate Confession: Gangs Ran This Private Prison
What happened in Mississippi when no one wanted dangerous, low-paying guard jobs.
By Joseph Neff and Alysia Santo
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.
Lauren-Brooke Eisen
Life Inside October 13, 2016
How My Time as a Private Prison Guard Changed the Way I See Inmates
“No one wants to be accused of being ‘inmate-friendly.’”
By M. Leann Skeen
News August 18, 2016
What You Need to Know About the Private Prison Phase-Out
With the feds cutting back, the companies are down but not out.
By Maurice Chammah
Feature July 6, 2016
Inside the Deadly World of Private Prisoner Transport
Tens of thousands of people every year are packed into vans run by for-profit companies with almost no oversight.
By Eli Hager and Alysia Santo
Feature April 12, 2016
The Prison Visit That Cost My Family $2,370
How loved ones bear the hidden cost of shipping inmates out of state.
by Eli Hager and Rui Kaneya
News June 22, 2015
School Ties
Columbia students rally to get their school to divest from private prison companies.
By Clare Sestanovich
Commentary February 24, 2015
A Most Unsurprising Riot
Life inside the infamous Willacy immigration prison.
By Carl Takei
News December 18, 2014
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Private Prisons...
...is none of your damn business.
By Christie Thompson
Life Inside November 15, 2014
Dying in Attica
An aging bank robber faces the end.
By John J. Lennon
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