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Prisons & Policing
In Earnings Calls, Private Prison Executives Revel in Profiting Off ICE Arrests
“Our business is perfectly aligned with the demands of this moment,” CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger said on the call.
CA Relies on Incarcerated Firefighters. They Finally Make Federal Minimum Wage.
It took a grassroots push to win the legislation that offers more pay and an opportunity for reduced prison sentences.
New Film Exposes Deadly Houston Jail and “Unconstitutional” System of Cash Bail
At least 15 people have died in pretrial detention just this year at Texas’s notorious Harris County Jail.
ICE Agents Are Using Family Separation Tactics Central to US State Violence
The US’s family policing system honed many of the tactics now being used by ICE agents in Chicago.
Will the Supreme Court Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity?
A private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.
Former Prisoner’s New Book Offers Rare Look Into Nation’s Most Secretive Prison
Having survived the most restrictive supermax prison in the country on a trumped-up charge, Eric King tells what he saw.
Elected Officials in Chicago Look for Tools to Squeeze ICE Out of Public Spaces
A county commissioner pledges to leave “no stone unturned” in the city's fight to slow ICE abductions.
More Than 170 US Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents So Far This Year
They’ve been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
“No Kings” Protests Set to Sweep US Even as Trump Increases Attacks on Activists
Republicans are already smearing the protesters, but their intimidation tactics are out of touch with reality.
By Enabling Police Surveillance, Elected Officials Fuel Trump’s Agenda
Illinois officials have quietly constructed a statewide surveillance apparatus that fuels ICE’s deportation machine.