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Prisons, Profits and Prophets
The nation's largest private prison corporation is joining forces with conservative faith-based ministries
by Bill Berkowitz
In an era where the Bush Administration touts faith-based organizations as engines of individual and social transformation, and is actively recruiting and funding religious organizations to deliver a bevy of social services, it isn't …
by Bill Berkowitz
In an era where the Bush Administration touts faith-based organizations as engines of individual and social transformation, and is actively recruiting and funding religious organizations to deliver a bevy of social services, it isn't …
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- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- $15 Million Class Settlement In Sacramento Jail Strip-Search Suits
- Habeas Hints, by Kent Russell
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- Wrongfully Convicted Pennsylvania Prisoner Settles for $2.3 Million; Forensics Expert Fired
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Clarifies Law Crediting "Street Time"
- Connecticut Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit for $2.9 Million, by Michael Rigby
- Ohio Prisoners Not Entitled to Memory Typewriters
- New York Prisoners Win Injury Awards, Lack of Expert Testimony Detrimental, by Michael Rigby
- Prison Town Legislators Represent Prisoners' Interests? Not Quite, by Peter Wagner
- Texas Prisoner's Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment
- $600,000 Settlement in California Prisoner Shooting Death, by Marvin Mentor
- Nevada Trust Account Interest, Less Accounting Costs, Belongs To Prisoners
- Prisons, Profits and Prophets, by Bill Berkowitz
- Michigan Prison Art Project, by Buzz Alexander
- California Prisoner Trust Account Interest Recoverable Only Upon Proof Of Individual Loss
- Indiana Jail Held in Contempt, Sanctions Imposed
- Last Chance For Washington Prisoners To Request Postconviction DNA Testing is December 31, 2004
- Washington Police Kill Unarmed Escapee in Botched Raid; Prisoner Also Killed, by Michael Rigby
- Cowboy Justice: BOP Guards Convicted, by Alan Pendergast
- PLRA Fee Cap Upheld, Applied to Parole Case; Allows Fees-on-Fee Award, by David Reutter
- Fifth Circuit Affirms Termination of Guajardo (Texas Prison Mail) Suit
- Challenge To Washington Felon Disenfranchisement Scheme Remanded For Racial Bias Test, by John E Dannenberg
- Class Action Challenges Treatment of Florida's "Sexual Predator" Civil Detainees, by David Reutter
- No Restraint, No Consequences: Privatizing Overseas Intelligence Extraction
- Gates of Injustice - The Crisis in America's Prisons, by Tom Murlowski
- Wisconsin PLRA Fee-Limit Does Not Violate Equal Protection
- Ohio County Juvenile Facility Not Immune from Suit in Rape Claim
- Alaska Prisoners Cannot Challenge Conditions of Confinement Under State Post-Conviction Relief Statute, by Roger Smith
- News in Brief
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More from Bill Berkowitz:
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More from these topics:
- Houston Jail Renews $38 Million Contract to Outsource Detainees to Private Lockups, April 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Treat, Overcrowding, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
- Officials in Kansas Allow CoreCivic to Reopen Leavenworth Prison, April 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Advocacy, Injunctions, Immigration Detention, Authority and Jurisdiction.
- Montana Switches to Sending Prisoners to a Private Prison in Mississippi, April 1, 2026. Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Overcrowding.
- Colorado Governor Tells Lawmakers to Open New Prison, April 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cost of Prison Systems, Revocation Proceedings, Reduction of Prison Population.
- Idaho DOC Transfers Prisoners to Arizona Facility Run by CoreCivic, April 1, 2026. Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Overcrowding.
- Private Company Investigating Rapes at California ICE Detention Center Instead of Sheriff, April 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Police/Govt Misconduct, Immigration Detention, Authority and Jurisdiction.
- Private Prison Firm GEO Group Reports Record $254 Million Profit After New ICE Contracts, March 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Systemic Medical Neglect, Immigration Detention.
- Alarming Conditions at Texas Family Detention Center Owned by CoreCivic, March 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Systemic Medical Neglect, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Totality of Conditions, Immigration Detention.
- Huge $27.75 Million Verdict for Montana Prisoner Nearly “Beaten to Death” at CoreCivic Lockup, Dec. 1, 2025. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Protect (General), Damages - Compensatory, Judgment as a Matter of Law, Deliberate Indifference.
- Tennessee Seeks $13 Million Raise for CoreCivic, Despite Violations, Dec. 1, 2025. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Lobbying, Staffing, DOJ CRIPA Actions.

