Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) slammed the Laken Riley Act in a speech on the House floor on Wednesday, pointing ...

Trump's action comes after signals from private prison corporations like GEO Group and CoreCivic that they expected such a ...

New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke Wednesday against the Laken Riley Act, wanring that it will create ...

Since mandatory immigration detention was first signed into law in 1996 for a subset of people in deportation proceedings, it ...

The suit challenges an executive action that required trans women to be housed in prisons for men, and ends ...

Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters is out as the head of the beleaguered agency and her track record was mixed.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive orders targeting regulation, climate policy and ...

The state's private prisons see higher numbers of deaths and sexual assaults while providing less opportunity for support and education.

Few trans people receive gender-affirming housing and care in the federal prison system. This executive order would make it ...

GEO Group Inc. lost its federal appeals court bid to overturn a $23.2 million jury award over the private prison operator’s ...