private prisons

Not All Prisoners Get Fed Daily. Here, It Depends on How Fast You Can Run.

In three decades of incarceration I’ve seen many things that are a far cry from what the system presents to…

November 6, 2025

ICE Resumes Immigrant Detention at Private Jail Known for Medical Abuse

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is again holding detainees at the southern Georgia jail it previously cut ties with amid allegations…

October 20, 2025

A Prison Mental Health Unit Is Left in Gen Pop, and the Grievance Is Ignored

South Central Correctional Facility is one of six Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) prisons with a supportive living unit (SLU)…

October 9, 2025

“A Shared Dread”: Immigrant Prisoners Near Release, Knowing ICE Is Waiting

Fourteen years ago, Mateo* was in a Tennessee county jail waiting to be processed into the prison system when he…

July 11, 2025

“Alligator Alcatraz” ICE Detention Opens, Floods, and Begins Filling Beds

On July 1, President Donald Trump visited the Florida immigrant detention compound dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” On July 2, water began…

July 3, 2025

At CoreCivic Prisons, Re-Entry Staff Are Told to Do Less

South Central Correctional Facility recently hosted a job fair, and didn’t invite anyone to attend it. There were no flyers,…

May 7, 2025

CoreCivic Crisis in Uncharted Waters at the Four Private Prisons in Tennessee

Private prison contractors have been around for a long time, but the concept of handing over management of an entire…

April 3, 2025

DOJ Investigation Found Horrors in Georgia Prisons. It Missed a Lot, Too.

Four years after the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division opened an investigation into the whether the Georgia Department of…

October 3, 2024

Everyone in Prison Needs a Hustle. For a Small Fee, I’ll Help You Find Yours.

When you enter the men's prison system in Tennessee, you receive two blue, smock-like shirts and two matching pairs of…

September 9, 2024

“Like Two Cavalries”: After TN Prison Standoff, Fear of What Comes Next

On the evening of July 24, South Central Correctional Facility, a medium-security private prison in Tennessee, gave notice that 128…

July 29, 2024