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Private Prisons
The US’s Secretive Private Prison Industry Is About to Become Much Less Secretive
Thanks to a recent Supreme Court decision, everything may change.
Victory for Immigrant Hunger Strikers: Lawsuit Challenges Slave Wages at Private Jail
Federal policies have allowed immigrant detainees to be paid slave wages.
Climate Refugees in Toxic Immigrant Jails Are Victims of Environmental Racism
An immigrant jail in Tacoma, Washington, is in an area so polluted it was designated unfit for residences.
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The Immigration and Refugee Human Revenue Stream
Until we demand change, then the suffering of human beings will continue to be commodified.
Jeff Sessions’ Department of Injustice
Prejudice and bias appear to be the guiding principles of the “Justice Department” under Sessions and Trump.
Under Activist Pressure, Portland Agrees to End All Corporate Investments
The decision was a victory for activists organized along intersectional lines.
Fighting Mass Incarceration Under Trump: New Strategies, New Alliances
We cannot hope for a shift toward prison reform under the self-declared “law-and-order” president-elect.
DHS Committee Recommends Shifting Away From Private Prisons, but Is It Enough?
Immigration detention in the United States has become an industry, one that is extraordinarily profitable to those who run it.
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Why Private Prison Company GEO Group Backed Donald Trump
I've been worried about corporate political spending since long before Citizens United.
Could Portland Lead the Way for Cities Nationwide to Divest From the Dakota Pipeline and Private Prisons?
Portland could become the first US city to divest from banks financing the Dakota Access pipeline and private prisons.