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FinanceA judge once called Leavenworth’s federal prison a ‘hell hole.’ CoreCivic will get $4.2 million per month to reopen the long-shuttered facility to hold thousands of migrants arrested by ICE
By Heather Hollingsworth, John Hanna and The Associated PressJune 16, 2025
PoliticsFederal Bureau of Prisons has a $3 billion repair backlog. Now it’s expected to reopen Alcatraz too
By Michael R. Sisak, Michael Balsamo and The Associated PressMay 6, 2025
By Catherine McGrathMarch 6, 2025
PoliticsFederal prisons, plagued with ‘a critical staffing shortage, crumbling infrastructure and limited budgetary resources,’ are being used for Trump’s immigration crackdown
By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated PressFebruary 11, 2025
By Leo SchwartzSeptember 24, 2024
SuccessThese incarcerated women are leaving prison with a certified license to make people feel beautiful. The program ‘gave me a chance to feel human again’
By Sunny NagpaulApril 27, 2024
NewslettersSecond chance strategy: A company that hires formerly incarcerated people has seen some huge upsides
By Emma BurleighApril 11, 2024
LeadershipHere’s what disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes will find in her Texas minimum-security prison camp
By The Associated PressMay 31, 2023
HealthCoronavirus is hitting prisons and jails hard—1 in 5 inmates has had COVID, and 1,700 have died
By The Associated PressDecember 18, 2020
By Renae ReintsMarch 15, 2019
By The Associated PressFebruary 26, 2017
By The Associated PressJanuary 7, 2017
By The Associated PressNovember 27, 2016
By Reuters and Michelle TohSeptember 9, 2016
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