Detention was a reality for many Americans back when they were in high school. A new CivicScience survey shows that 22% of U.S. adults say they received detention several times, another 35% say once ...

Twenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access.

The first time L.J. was sent to the juvenile detention center outside of Philadelphia, he'd been caught hanging out with friends in an abandoned building. After that, he went in and out of custody for ...

The Otay Mesa Detention Center. / File photo by Adriana Heldiz Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. As Immigration and Customs Enforcement detains more and more ...

A judge has halted CoreCivic, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered facility that the private prison operator now calls the Midwest Regional ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. This week, two moments revealed the front lines of America’s immigration fight. In New York, 11 state legislators were among ...

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time. The federal penitentiary housed gangsters Al Capone and ...