The Trump administration is expected to use thousands more beds in these facilities as part of its mass deportation effort.

Barriers to entry, including public-relations challenges, remain high despite the Trump administration’s embrace of privately ...

A four-time convicted killer was allowed to have private family visits in prison. Now, there is a murder investigation ...

There’s a private interest behind the detention and the incarceration of our community,” said an activist protesting the ...

Tennessee tied Arizona for states with the highest percentage of prisoners in private institutions. Here's how they compare to other states.

A 23-year-old man was arrested in a rural part of Brazil and charged on multiple accounts that included kidnapping, false ...

Tennessee houses nearly 29% of its inmates in private prisons, ranking it among the top four states nationally. Since 2000, the number of Tennessee prisoners in private facilities has surged by 95 ...

When the North Lake Correctional Facility was open, it was Lake County’s biggest employer. Even closed, it’s the county’s ...

Britain will urgently look at how to tighten regulations on the private sales of firearms, interior minister Yvette Cooper ...

A four-time convicted killer was allowed to have private family visits in prison. Now, there is a murder investigation underway after one of his visitors died.