Private Prisons

Unlike Bank of the West, Bank of America, and SunTrust, which all announced plans to divest from for-profit prisons, PNC has not responded to activists' calls.

A new law will give the state the strictest limits on private detention facilities in the nation.

Students ask the media to publicize their images if they die in a shooting, a prison in Mississippi will replace in-person visits with low-budget Skype, and a minor planet gets its name.

In his inaugural address, Governor Gavin Newsom vowed to tackle homelessness, criminal justice reform, and inequality.

Dozens of protesters on Monday shut down the Nashville, Tennessee, entrance to the headquarters of CoreCivic, a private prison company whose government contracts include immigrant detention.

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