The man who has led South Carolina prisons for more than a decade has been named the new U.S. attorney for the state.

MW system is privately owned, so the state prison agency had to put up no money and is taking none of the financial risk, the ...

Let's consider prisons. A federal prison has to follow federal laws. It has thresholds for staffing and must offer prisoners certain programs and access. A private prison must do what it is ...

Tennessee’s private prisons could see a reduction in their inmate populations if death rates in the facilities continue to ...

Leavenworth’s lawsuit highlights major scandals at the prison, including a 129-page report from the U.S. Department of ...

Every voice in Congress should be raised against what Donald Trump and Elon Musk are doing to damage our democracy.

Bryan P. Stirling, the longest-serving prison director in the country, has stepped down to become the U.S. Attorney for the ...

Tennessee’s private prisons could see a reduction in their inmate populations if death rates in the facilities continue to increase. Legislation to increase oversight in the CoreCivic facilities ...

The Trump administration is moving quickly to dramatically expand the nation’s capacity for detaining immigrants who do not ...

Some critics say the administration's plans also include a deliberate attempt to isolate detainees by locking them up and ...