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Tennessee town approves plans to turn former prison into Ice detention center

Officials in Mason voted to convert prison to Ice facility run by CoreCivic, US’s second-largest private prison operator

The Guardian - US

Private Prisons' $1.17B Haul Show Business Is Booming During Trump's Second Term: Report

Private prison and surveillance companies are reporting major revenue gains as the Trump administration accelerates immigration arrests and detentions

Latin Times

Tennessee town considers deal to turn closed prison into immigration detention facility

Officials in a rural Tennessee town are scheduled to meet to consider an agreement to turn a former state prison into an immigration detention facility operated by a private company

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‘Devastating’: troubled federal correctional center failed to prevent death of man in medical crisis

Exclusive: In the third of a three-part special report, troubling video highlights the death in Cibola of a young man suffering from mental illness

The Guardian - US

Companies aiding Trump’s immigration crackdown see ‘extraordinary’ revenues

Palantir, Geo Group and CoreCivic, cogs in president’s enormous detention and deportation machinery, report ‘unprecedented growth’

The Guardian - US

ICE Is Pressuring People in Custody to Self-Deport. Many Are Giving Up.

A promise of $1,000 and a free plane ride home tempts many who've grown weary of being locked up in crowded detention centers.

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‘A death sentence’: a young mother grappling with addiction dies in a drug-plagued US prison

In the second of a three-part special report, the ‘remarkable’ number of deaths of people in custody at the Cibola correctional center

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FBI investigates drug-trafficking ‘epidemic’ in prison also housing Ice detainees: ‘A lot of corruption’

In the first of a three-part special report, a look at the drugs and violence allegedly sweeping through the Cibola county correctional center in New Mexico

The Guardian - US

Georgia detainee with prosthetic legs who objected to flooded cell sent to solitary

Rodney Taylor placed in ‘restrictive unit’ for refusing to enter flooded cell because his prosthetic legs can’t get wet

The Guardian - US

US Migrant Raids Spark Boom For Private Detention Providers

Donald Trump's promise to carry out the largest deportation operation in US history has appalled some Americans.

International Business Times

Private Prison Stocks Geo Group (GEO) And CoreCivic (CXW) Surge After New Executive Order

Shares of major private prison operators GEO Group Inc (NYSE:GEO) and CoreCivic Inc (NYSE:CXW) are trading higher Friday afternoon. The rally follows a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Thursday aimed at addressing crime and homelessness, which investors see as a potential boon for the companies.

Benzinga

With a Jar of Blood as Evidence, Detained Man Tells Immigration Judge ‘I am Dying Little by Little’

Judge denies bond for Guatemalan man worried about colon cancer as his condition appears to have grown worse in recent court hearings.

Capital & Main

Trump's $45-Billion Immigration Policy Supercharges Profits For Private Prisons Under 'Big Beautiful Bill'

Shares of Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) and CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) are popping on Monday following last week's Congressional approval of President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill, which vastly increases funds for the administration's aggressive immigration policy.

Benzinga

Private Prison Giant Looking to Expand Migrant Detention Faces Fierce Local Resistance in One of America's Most Pro-Prison Towns

When CoreCivic applied earlier this year for a permit in Leavenworth, Kansas to reopen a migrant detention facility, city officials balked and the community protested

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The Guardian - US

Plan to open California’s largest immigration jail sparks outrage

Ice and CoreCivic, a private prison contractor, to transform shuttered 2,500-bed prison in California City

The Guardian - US

‘Ticking time bomb’: Ice detainee dies in transit as experts say more deaths likely

Guardian reporting reveals confusing and contradictory events surrounding death of Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP's reporting on shuttered prisons, mass deportation push and no-bid contracts

Private prison operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump pushes for mass deportations, with some facilities nabbing lucrative no-bid contracts

The Independent UK

ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds

No-bid contracts with politically connected companies have become crucial to the Republican Trump administration’s push for more space to hold immigrants for deportation

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Capital & Main

Detained Man Says ICE Isn’t Treating His Colon Cancer

The Guatemalan man told officials that he had colon cancer when he first arrived at Otay Mesa Detention Center, according to his medical records.

The Independent UK

Tennessee prison riot contained after several hours; 3 inmates and 1 guard injured

A private correctional company says inmates at a Tennessee prison destroyed property, compromised security cameras and set a few fires during a riot that took hours to contain and caused minor injuries to three inmates and one guard

The Independent UK

Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas center

A judge has blocked a private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials

Reason

Federal Court Scraps Rule That Gagged Tennessee Civil Rights Attorney From Criticizing a Private Prison

For nearly three years, Daniel Horwitz faced contempt of court for talking about a private prison that was one of his most frequent courtroom opponents.

Reason

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Unaccompanied kids, implied causes of action, and filming the police.

Salon

The prison industry is booming

CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger told investors that he expects big business in the coming months

The Guardian - US

Trump officials ‘created confrontation’ that led to arrest of Newark mayor

Democratic Congress members who visited detention center with mayor say Ice officials ‘created the chaos’

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