Police Misconduct Blog

The Mississippi prison system is a well-known hellhole. Its horrible reputation just got worse (if possible) after five inmates were killed, and two are currently missing since violence erupted at three facilities beginning December 29. The Mississippi Department of Corrections (“MDOC”)...

The US Marshals Service is supposed to protect state and federal detainees while they await trial. But according to a recent Mother Jones investigation, the Marshals are running a vast, secretive network of substandard, profit-hungry detention centers instead.
The investigation tells the...

Last June, Senator Elizabeth Warren proposed banning for-profit prisons. Now, she is requesting information from five private equity firms that have heavily invested in companies that provide services to U.S. prisons.
Warren and the inquiry’s co-sponsors (Reps. Mark Pocan and...