A Kansas town known for its prisons is allowing a shuttered private prison to reopen as an immigrant detention facility after ...

The Tennessee-based company first opened a detention center in Leavenworth in 1992. Its reputation has been marked by ...

Leavenworth cleared the way for CoreCivic to open an ICE detention center, approving a zoning permit Tuesday night after a yearslong battle.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a private prison company facing a lawsuit alleging migrant detainees were forced to work for only $1 per day.

The Supreme Court has ruled against a private prison company facing a lawsuit alleging immigration detainees were forced to work and paid only $1 a day.

As the government and law enforcement brace for the sweeping ramifications of President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to deport what could be millions of undocumented immigrants from the United States, ...

With 2.3 million prisoners, America’s unprecedented maze of prisons and jails holds the biggest incarcerated population in the world. Inside our prison walls are men, women, and children who have been ...

Princeton Students for Prison Education and Reform has submitted a referendum calling for the Council of the Princeton University Community and the Princeton University Investment Company to divest ...

PHOENIX — State lawmakers refused Wednesday to limit the kind of criminals who can be housed in private prisons in Arizona. On a 10-8 vote, the Senate rejected a proposal by Sen. Debbie McCune Davis ...

Faced with overcrowded jails, officials in Houston have partnered with prison companies to help manage inmates, sometimes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The gold-domed Colorado State Capitol is shown in Denver. Photo: Tania C / Unsplash (The Center Square) - Legislators working on ...