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‘Zombie Prisons’: How ICE Detention Is Raising Troubling Facilities From the Dead

ICE needs more detention space, and it’s faster to open old facilities than to build new ones.

Analysis • 08.29.2025

The Next Alligator Alcatraz Could Be in Your State

Plans to use Indiana’s “Speedway Slammer,” Louisiana’s Angola and other state prisons to house ICE detainees raise problematic questions, attorneys say.

Feature • 08.22.2025

These States Are Debating Castration for Sex Crimes. Experts Call It Cruel and Pointless.

Critics say there’s no evidence that castration prevents future sex offenses. Yet several states are weighing such measures.

Closing Argument • 06.21.2025

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