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As Private Prisons Push To Keep Costs Down, Workers Can Pay The Price

Noah Glick

Support for our series Private Prison: Locking Down The Facts came from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit news organization that...

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Can A Private ICE Detention Center Save A Rural Town's Economy?

Nate Hegyi

Support for our series Private Prison: Locking Down The Facts came from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit news organization that…

Ravenhall Correctional Centre, in Melbourne, Australia, is operated by an international division of the U.S.-based GEO Group.

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Private Prisons Profit Off Incarceration. One In Australia Shows How To Flip The Script

Rae Ellen Bichell

Support for our series Private Prisons: Locking Down The Facts came from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit news organization that...

Idaho Department of Correction Director Josh Tewalt stands in front of the Idaho State Correctional Center.

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Why Idaho Still Depends On Private Prisons Despite Fraught History

Madelyn Beck

Support for our series Private Prison: Locking Down The Facts came from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a nonprofit news organization that...

The Fox Reentry Center, one of the many halfway houses in Denver owned by CoreCivic--at least for now.

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Denver Didn't Want The Private Prison Industry To Run Its Halfway Houses. Now Who's Going To Do It?

Ali Budner

Support for our series Private Prisons: Locking Down The Facts came from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit news organization that...

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The Cheyenne Mountain Re-entry Center in Colorado Springs

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After Announced Closure Of Private Prison, Colorado Finds Itself In A Quandary

Ali Budner

In his latest budget proposal , Colorado Gov. Jared Polis requested $7.2 million to begin transitioning the state away from private prisons. A big part...