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 have legal authorization to be in the United States.

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

Here's how this almost unheard of ICE facility near Abilene became the center of a national controversy. It's future was ...

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 ...

Tennessee lawmakers are headed back to their home districts after adjourning a session defined by education issues and legislative priorities closely aligned with the new Trump administration, which ...

The fierce showdown over the Leavenworth ICE detention center pits CoreCivic’s ambitions against a flood of community protests, lawsuits, and harrowing memories of violence inside its walls. This list ...