Deep Dive: Criminal Justice

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  Deep Dive: Profiting from prison

  Axios - Stef W. Kight, Dan Primack

  A handful of American businesses have their fingers in almost every aspect of prison life, raking in billions of dollars every year for products and …

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  By the numbers: U.S. incarceration and spending

  Axios - Stef W. Kight, Andrew Witherspoon

  Many cities and states have enacted criminal justice reform measures.

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  The states where private prisons are thriving

  Axios - Erica Pandey

  Since the first private prison opened in 1984 in Tennessee, for-profit incarceration has ballooned into a $5 billion industry. In 2017, 121,420 …

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  Ending cash bail

  Axios - Stef W. Kight

  More than a half million Americans are currently behind bars without a conviction, many because they can't afford to post bail. Why it matters: Poor …

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  Prisons thrive on poverty

  Axios - Stef W. Kight

  Poverty drives the criminal justice system in the U.S., and in turn, the prison industry. By the numbers: In the 8 years leading up to incarceration, …

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  The war on drugs anchors prison profits

  Axios - Michael Sykes

  For-profit prison companies boomed alongside the war on drugs, which led to a 171% increase in drug arrests between 1980 and 2016. By the numbers: …

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  How companies profit from immigrant detention

  Axios - Stef W. Kight

  Incarceration rates are beginning to fall, but big, for-profit prison companies have a growing line of business: immigrant detention. By the numbers: …