CoreCivic is moving forward with accepting applications for its Leavenworth facility even as the company's plans are being challenged in court.

Six correctional facilities in Connecticut will now operate solely using solar energy, according to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office.

The nation’s two largest private prison companies are poised to make some big bucks from Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The Trump administration is moving quickly to dramatically expand the nation’s capacity for detaining immigrants who do not ...

After more than 20 years of fixed prison terms, the Reagan Tokes law drastically overhauled Ohio’s criminal sentencing rules.

A 40-year-old inmate at Hardeman County Correctional Facility was stabbed 60 times in an open dayroom in a fatal attack.

Legislators advance bills for a new prison and to help closed sawmills, but the debates include property taxes.

Trump has repeatedly touted his goal of staging the “largest deportation operation in American history,” vowing to deport millions of people. There are an estimated 11 million immigrants who are not ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The families of prisoners have new hope as Tennessee lawmakers crack down on CoreCivic. A bill is ...

Tennessee’s private prisons could see a reduction in their inmate populations if death rates in the facilities continue to ...

"There's so much lawlessness in the administration," David Gomez told Newsweek in an exclusive interview from inside a ...