Sustainable Action Now, Noem Offers Buyouts to DHS Workers – A Step Toward Workforce Transition and Sustainability
In an effort to streamline operations and adapt to shifting priorities, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has outlined a new […]
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Seven facts about mass incarceration that sound like April Fools’ Day hoaxes, but aren’t
Here are seven shocking facts about mass incarceration that sound like April Fools’ jokes but are, unfortunately, very real: The
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Dean Gillispie Wins $45 Million for Wrongful Conviction
Dean Gillispie Wins $45 Million for Wrongful Conviction: A Landmark Victory for Justice and Accountability In a significant and long-awaited
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Resource spotlight: UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project leads the way in prison mortality statistics
The UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project is a groundbreaking initiative that seeks to address the alarming lack of transparency
GEO Group, CoreCivic, LaSalle Corrections, and the Management Training Corporation are private ICE detention & glorified private prisons
Private detention centers for illegal immigration, like other types of private prisons, operate under a business model that relies on
Unveiling the Hidden Labor Force of Cotton Picking and U.S. Prison Programs
The connection between the overrepresentation of African Americans in the prison system and the optics of labor programs within prisons,
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President Biden’s Order to Ban Private Prisons Faces Persistent Internal Challenge: The U.S. Marshals Service
In January 2021, President Joe Biden issued a landmark executive order aimed at phasing out the use of for-profit prisons
Congress’s FY2024 DHS Spending Bill Enriches the Private Prison Industry at the Expense of People and Communities
Congress has released its Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and it promises to