Leavenworth, Kan., was forged by the corrections industry, but residents are divided over plans for a privately operated ...

Through threats and incentives, the administration conscripted local jails, federal prisons and private companies to detain ...

It was Super Bowl Sunday in 1984 when a roadside motel in Houston closed its doors to 87 immigrants who lacked documentation.

Activists continue to rally against the opening of a third immigration detention center in Kern County, calling on local officials to prevent the facility from opening. Standing under pop-up tents in ...

To put this in perspective, it’s more than the combined budgets of the FBI (estimated at $11 billion a year) and the CIA (estimated at $15 billion a year.) In effect, the Trump administration will now ...

ICE and Border Patrol hit several SoCal locations including Garden Grove, Gardena, and Orange, while protests continue in L.A. and across the country. A federal judge blocked the Trump administration ...

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Private prison company CoreCivic is accused of failing to protect an inmate who was allegedly killed by his cellmate the day ...

Authorities are housing immigration detainees at an Oklahoma private prison that was once the site of the deadliest prison ...

A federal judge has ordered officials to produce agreements showing who has legal authority at “Alligator Alcatraz,” an ...

Florida has seen a string of heat advisories in recent days, with heat indexes topping 110 in some areas. Concern about the ...