Bianca Tylek has raised concerns about the expansion of private prison corporations profiting from the Trump administration's immigration enforcement policies, which has led to longer detention periods, the reopening of previously closed facilities, and the influx of new vendors in the immigration detention space.| Davis Vanguard
Through threats and incentives, the administration conscripted local jails, federal prisons and private companies to detain immigrants.| The Marshall Project
Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.| The Marshall Project
In a quarterly earnings call, the private prison company told investors that it plans to expand its operations across the country.| The Appeal
Wellpath, one of the nation’s largest private correctional medical contractors, has conveniently filed for bankruptcy as it faces scores of lawsuits for alleged neglect and misconduct.| The Appeal