Private Prisons

Five companies extracting huge profits from the growth of prisons, often out of public sight.

Companies outsource prison services to for-profit contractors, so every basic need is an opportunity to cut corners and make a buck.

As Election Day draws near, what are some of the ways that private prison corporations support their candidates? What do they receive in return?

Shocking new allegations of a murder-for-hire plot are emerging from Michigan as the media digs deeper into that state's failed outsourcing of prison services.

Last week US authorities began to place ankle bracelets on a few newly arrived immigrants. This represents a continuation of the criminalization and punishment of immigrants. The root causes …

The announcement comes after civil rights activists pressured more than 150 companies for months.

Eric Holder's argument for reconsideration of felon disenfranchisement laws and reductions in mandatory minimum sentences is a positive sign.

West Virginia legislators are currently faced with deciding if the state should ship prisoners across state lines to for-profit private prisons.

As private prisons become the norm in the United States, it's time society takes a look at the institution and asks,

Each part of this series by the Brave New Foundation exposes an aspect of corruption in the American prison systems in the name of profit.