FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 4 - The Untold Story

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

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

Reason · May 16, 2025

The prison industry is booming

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

Salon · May 12, 2025

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’

The Guardian - US · May 11, 2025

Trump admin resumes detention of migrant families and kids. Critics warn it’s the ‘start of another dark chapter’

‘We need family residential centers,’ border czar Tom Homan said this week

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

South Texas immigration detention center with capacity for 2,400 people to reopen

The Biden administration shuttered the Dilley facility last year because of high operating costs. It’s expected to hold immigrant families under the Trump administration.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 6, 2025

Privately run immigration detention center that previously held families in Texas will reopen

A private prison company says it will reopen an immigrant detention facility in Texas that previously held families with children for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement CoreCivic announced the contract with ICE and the city of Dilley on Wednesday

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

Abuse claims are rife in California detention centers. Now the facilities are poised to expand

A court has allowed one of state’s largest centers to resume operations, weeks after reports Ice wants to build new ones

The Guardian - US · Feb 5, 2025

Complaint Alleges Staff At Center Holding Asylum Seekers in New Mexico Deal Drugs at The Facility

The private prison is owned and operated by CoreCivic, the same company in charge of the Torrance facility where detainees have also reported abuse

Latin Times · Dec 23, 2024

ICE Already Receiving Proposals To Expand Detention Capabilities in Six States

Private companies, including CoreCivic and GEO Group, submitted proposals that could collectively add between 6,650 and 12,000 detention beds nationwide

Latin Times · Dec 22, 2024

Fights at Tennessee prison kill 1 inmate and injure 5 others

A Tennessee inmate has died and five others were injured after fights erupted at a privately run state prison

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2024