Lacking an available pool of migrant labor, the United Stated has historically turned to another vulnerable ...

The Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery except for those convicted of a crime, created a legal loophole that fueled the convict leasing system in the South during Reconstruction.

President Nayib Bukele offered to house American prisoners in El Salvador's "mega-prison" — in exchange for a fee ...

Trump is not the first US president to confine migrants in Guantanamo, but this sets back over 20 years of campaigning for ...

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its anti-trans prison policy against three transgender women currently housed in women’s facilities at federal prisons.

SAN SALVADOR - El Salvador’s iron-fisted leader Nayib Bukele on Jan 3 offered to jail Americans so that President Donald Trump can outsource the US prison system, an extraordinary step that was ...

Bukele confirmed the offer in a post on X, saying El Salvador has “offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system.” He said his country would ...

The Missouri River Correctional Center (MRCC) has announced the opening of a new housing unit for young adults.