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How Trump Is Trying to Expand the Already Colossal U.S. Prison System

The administration’s efforts — from mass deportation to harsher punishments for some crimes — rely on access to more prison and jail cells.

Closing Argument • 02.15.2025

What Will Trump’s Executive Order on Private Prisons Really Do?

The order reverses Biden’s ban on private prison contracts with the Justice Department. Private immigrant detention never stopped and is expected to grow.

Analysis • 01.22.2025

The Enduring Use of Solitary, and New Proposed Limits That Will Likely Fail (Again)

Isolation’s damaging effects are widely known. But many facilities confine people — even youth — virtually all day, sometimes in shower stalls.

Closing Argument • 04.20.2024

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