by Robert Parham | May 21, 2012 | Opinion
Prison reform has captured headlines, triggered partly by the death of Watergate figure Chuck Colson, who founded Prison Fellowship Ministries, but mostly by legislative actions at the state level. Social justice advocates and fiscal conservatives are agreeing that... by Greg Horton | Mar 14, 2012 | News
Nonprofit and faith-based organizations have asked governors to avoid working with one of the largest prison corporations due to clauses the for-profit company is demanding. A coalition of some two dozen nonprofit organizations sent aletter to state governors on March... by Miguel A. De La Torre | Dec 13, 2011 | Opinion
Our currently dysfunctional immigration system will not change anytime soon because detaining the undocumented is a billion-dollar industry. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detains close to half a million undocumented aliens – a five-fold increase since... by Nicole Dungca | Nov 1, 2011 | News
OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) An Oregon judge on Monday (Oct. 31) sentenced two members of a faith-healing church to more than six years in prison, saying the death of their newborn son was easily avoidable. A jury in September unanimously found Dale and Shannon Hickman... by Robert Parham | Sep 28, 2011 | Opinion
Corrections Corporation of America is a private prison corporation that profits from anti-immigration laws it helps to pass. National Public Radio reported in October 2010: “NPR spent the past several months analyzing hundreds of pages of campaign finance...