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Tag Archives: Bureau of Prisons

by Jacob Schuman

Federal Prisons Don’t Even Try to Rehabilitate the Undocumented

The Bureau of Prisons fails to provide basic resources to undocumented prisoners.

Tue, Oct 17, 2017 |

Flickr/Thomas Hawk Editor’s note: This commentary was published in collaboration with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the cr...Read More

by Forrest Wilder

World’s Largest For-Profit Prison Blasted in Federal Audit

Thu, Apr 23, 2015 |

The world’s largest for-profit prison has minimal oversight, overcharged the federal government by $2.1 million, arbitrarily punishes protesting inmates and s...Read More

Prisoner uprising Willacy County Correctional Center

by Daniel Blue Tyx

Goodbye to Tent City

After a riot destroys a for-profit prison, Willacy County ponders its economic future.

Thu, Mar 26, 2015 |

As Willacy County faces a gaping hole in its budget, $128 million in debt still owed on Tent City, and the loss of its largest employer, I’d come to find out ...Read More

Willacy County Detention Center

by Forrest Wilder and Priscila Mosqueda

Immigrants in Federal Prisons ‘Subjected to Shocking Abuse and Mistreatment’

Mon, Jun 9, 2014 |

An ACLU report released Monday claims that Bureau of Prisons policies discriminate against non-citizen inmates and that prisoners are "subjected to shocking abu...Read More

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