The world spends hundreds of billions yearly to punish offenders, with little return beyond more crime and less hope. DW examines how private contractors, organized crime gangs and inmates exploit ...

SAN ANTONIO — Minimum occupancy quotas at immigrant detention facilities nationwide benefit for-profit prison operators by guaranteeing the government pays for thousands of detainees, regardless of ...

Award-winning historian Robin Bernstein tells a gripping, morally complicated story of murder, greed, race, and the true origins of prison for profit. Bernstein's heavily researched and deftly written ...

CoreCivic and the city of Leavenworth are in a legal dispute over the required permits for reopening a private immigration detention center. Leavenworth argues that CoreCivic needs a new permit due to ...