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GEO Group, CoreCivic, LaSalle Corrections, and the Management Training Corporation are private ICE detention & glorified private prisons

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Private detention centers for illegal immigration, like other types of private prisons, operate under a business model that relies on maximizing the number of detainees in order to generate profits. These centers are typically run by private corporations under contracts with government agencies, including the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Much like traditional private […]

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Unveiling the Hidden Labor Force of Cotton Picking and U.S. Prison Programs

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The connection between the overrepresentation of African Americans in the prison system and the optics of labor programs within prisons, such as those reminiscent of historical cotton picking, can evoke deeply troubling parallels to slavery. African Americans are disproportionately represented in the U.S. prison system, a phenomenon often linked to systemic issues such as racial

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President Biden’s Order to Ban Private Prisons Faces Persistent Internal Challenge: The U.S. Marshals Service

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In January 2021, President Joe Biden issued a landmark executive order aimed at phasing out the use of for-profit prisons within the federal criminal justice system. This order, intended to end the practice of contracting with private prison companies that profit from incarceration, was a significant step towards reforming the system and addressing concerns about

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Congress’s FY2024 DHS Spending Bill Enriches the Private Prison Industry at the Expense of People and Communities

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Congress has released its Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and it promises to make the detention and border enforcement system more dangerous and deadly while underfunding the civil society organizations and communities that provide critical services to newly arriving immigrants. Jesse Franzblau, senior policy analyst at the National

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