Many of these same companies have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to sitting members of Congress, according to an ...

Pennsylvania requires unanimous approval from a five-member pardon board before people incarcerated on life sentences can ask ...

Washington previously sued GEO Group for allegedly violating the state minimum wage law by paying detainee workers $1 a day.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has opened an internal affairs investigation into an Aug. 2 use-of-force incident at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF), ...

The Appeal has created the first national database of prison commissary lists. Using the tool below, you can access full lists from the vast majority of U.S. states and see prices for many products ...

The Appeal and In These Times are publishing a searchable database of campaign contributions made to current members of Congress from the top contractors for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...

Maria Montalvo was convicted of her children's murders in 1996. Her attorneys say it was based on now-discredited forensic testimony.

A federal lawsuit filed by West Virginia prisoners alleges that Aramark Corporation serves inedible, low-quality food in its prison cafeterias to drive customers to its food-for-purchase programs.

This story was co-published with Truthout. Grassroots coalitions in a growing number of states are working to pass legislation to cut municipal or state ties to Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

A Texas judge approved a Batson motion, then overruled it. But a transcript shows that a Black man was struck unfairly, the attorney said. In early 2018, employees at a Prada store in The Galleria ...