The crown jewel of El Salvador's aggressive anti-crime strategy — a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education ...

Eagles, who said she found out about Mooney’s detention through a family friend, noted that her daughter had been working in ...

Here's a look at some of the major bills that made it to Gov. Larry Rhoden's desk — and those that didn't — this year.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a private prison company a 15-year contract worth $1 billion to detain ...

Tennessee tied Arizona for states with the highest percentage of prisoners in private institutions. Here's how they compare to other states.

The mass deportation bid is spreading fear but hampered by limited ICE detention capacity. Private prisons and local jails ...

A Canadian politician appears to have taken Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s fighting talk literally, saying he wants to throw down with Jr. Sen. Patrick Brazeau, of Quebec, challenged President ...

Construction of a new jail is moving to the forefront of City Hall's to-do list. A big question is what part of Jacksonville ...

House Bill 239, which echoes a bathroom bill that failed in 2017, includes new provisions for shelters and prisons.

The Trump administration is reopening a sprawling detention center in South Texas for migrant families facing deportation, ...

A private prison company has signed an agreement to reopen an immigrant detention facility in Texas that previously held ...

Local residents have voiced opposition for a number of reasons, including the shuttered prison’s history of violence and ...