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 ...

Government attorneys argued in court that a legal challenge to a hastily-built immigration detention center in the Florida ...

A human rights crisis is unfolding, largely concealed behind concrete walls and razor wire in Florida, where I live and where ...

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

A fire at Eloy Detention Center sparked panic and exposed, critics say, systemic failures and growing concerns over detainee ...

But in records obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union, private prison company proposals in response to a request for ...

The number of migrants detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement reached record numbers in June, and a vast majority ...

Responding to pleas from immigrants' rights advocates, county officials will specify in an RFP that the jail cannot be used to house detainees ...

The 2021 law had prohibited the state and local governments from entering into, renewing, or extending contracts with private companies to detain people for civil immigration violations.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday deflected questions over the Justice Department's decision to interview Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the ...

A U.S. appeals court has struck down a New Jersey law that bans operators from contracting with the federal government to run immigration detention centers in the state. The 2-1 ruling means ...

A recent court ruling in New Jersey allows private immigrant detention centers to continue, sparking protests from advocates ...