russia Russia announces new plans to use forced prison labor, promises it "won't be a gulag" Thom Dunn

prisons Lori Loughlin's college admissions scam prison offers yoga and ukulele lessons Thom Dunn

prison reform Prison labor in Massachusetts is used to manufacture Blue Lives Matter merchandise Thom Dunn

coronavirus County sheriffs claim that prisoners sleeping head-to-toe count as being "six feet apart" for coronavirus safety Thom Dunn

prisons as profit centers Jails are replacing family visits with video chat Mark Frauenfelder

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

carceral state Edelman PR drops GEO Group after employee revolt at the prospect of laundering the reputation of private US concentration camps Cory Doctorow

human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow

corporatism Beto O'Rourke just hired a "senior advisor" who used to lobby for Keystone XL, Seaworld and private prisons Cory Doctorow

politics Detaining immigrants is big business Xeni Jardin

Business Canada Pension Plan is long on US private prisons and immigrant detention centers Cory Doctorow

trump Meet Helen, 5, detained by Trump, forced to sign away her rights in court. Xeni Jardin

corruption Donald Trump has ushered in a "golden age of private prisons" Cory Doctorow

Business Undercover reporter spent four months as a prison guard in a Louisiana pen run by CCA Cory Doctorow