Category Archives: Homeland Security

What to Know About Private Prisons Amid the U.S. Border Crisis

What to Know About Private Prisons Amid the U.S. Border Crisis SANTA BARBARA, CA – JUNE 12: The Santa Barbara County Detention and Correctional Facility, one of two jails where singer… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Activists Question Ties Between Ex-ICE Contractor And Virginia Democrats

Activists Question Ties Between Ex-ICE Contractor And Virginia Democrats July 18, 2019  — Ben Paviour Gov. Ralph Northam (left) alongside Dario Marquez, Jr. (center) and Wendy Marquez (right) at a bill signing… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Before Being Hacked, Border Surveillance Firm Lobbied to Downplay Security and Privacy Concerns About Its Technology

Cars line up to cross from Tijuana, Mexico, into San Diego in the U.S., on April 4, 2019. Photo: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images Before Being Hacked, Border Surveillance Firm Lobbied to Downplay… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Adelanto wins lawsuit stemming from ICE processing center public records request

Adelanto wins lawsuit stemming from ICE processing center public records request By Garrett Bergthold Staff Writer By Martin Estacio Staff Writer Posted Jul 9, 2019 at 5:02 PM Updated Jul 10, 2019 at 3:40 PM SAN BERNARDINO — Federal law forbids… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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ICE Just Quietly Opened Three New Detention Centers, Flouting Congress’ Limits

July 9, 2019 ICE Just Quietly Opened Three New Detention Centers, Flouting Congress’ Limits The facilities are all run by private prison companies, and one experienced a violent riot. Noah Lanard… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Millions in US taxpayers’ money invested in private prison firms

Millions in US taxpayers’ money invested in private prison firms At least 20 public worker pension funds have invested in firms profiting from Trump’s immigration policy, including California and New York… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Letter: Keep for-profit prisons out of Michigan

Letter: Keep for-profit prisons out of Michigan Posted Jul 13, 2019 at 2:01 AM A private prison closed since 2017 will reopen in Baldwin, about 100 miles north of Holland. The Geo Group’s new 10-year federal… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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‘Direct result’ of border situation: 2nd Mississippi prison now holding immigrants for ICE

‘Direct result’ of border situation: 2nd Mississippi prison now holding immigrants for ICE Sarah Fowler, Mississippi Clarion Ledger Published 2:05 p.m. CT July 10, 2019 The acting director of Citizenship and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Report: CoreCivic’s Tennessee Prisons See Double The Inmate Homicides Of State-Run Facilities

Report: CoreCivic’s Tennessee Prisons See Double The Inmate Homicides Of State-Run Facilities By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán • Jul 10, 2019 ShareTweetEmail Alex Friedmann, associate director of the Human Rights Defense Center, said… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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These Are The Companies Profiting From Detaining Migrants At Border Concentration Camps

These Are The Companies Profiting From Detaining Migrants At Border Concentration Camps Lara Witt x Jun 26, 2019 It doesn’t do migrants and refugees a service to pretend that white supremacy,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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