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Workers raise a fence in front of white kevlar tents

A private prison company with a troubled past looks to reopen an immigration detention facility in Texas

Justice

The Department of Homeland Security has called for more immigration detention facilities to open along the US-Mexico border. And negotiations between a private prison company and the government have already begun in the Rio Grande Valley.

A view of hands on the window of a prison cell door

Poor health care in immigrant detention centers may get worse under Trump

Global Politics
Front of building with sign for Prairieland Detention Center

President Trump, how will you handle cases of abuse at privately run prisons and immigration detention centers?

Justice
Front of building with sign for Prairieland Detention Center

In a small Texas town, a new private detention center for transgender migrants brings jobs — and concerns

Economics
Front of Adelanto detention center with GEO Group sign

California’s governor vetoed a bill that would stop privately run migrant detention. What now?

Justice
Inmates serving a jail sentence relax at Maricopa County's Tent City jail in Phoenix

Australia and the UK have a higher proportion of inmates in private prisons than the US

Justice

The US may be a pioneer in prison privatization, but its share of prisoners in private custodial facilities is way below Australia’s and the UK’s.

A woman looks out a window of a holding cell

The Department of Justice will stop contracting with private prison companies, but immigration officials won’t follow suit

Justice

The data we have from the government is imprecise. But what is clear is that thousands of migrants are processed and detained in privately operated facilities each year.The data we have from the government is imprecise. But what is clear is that thousands of migrants are processed and detained in privately operated facilities each year.