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The article discusses the impact of privatization, politics and prisoner deaths inside the Arizona Prison System established by the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC). It reflects on the human rights violation of prisoners in the prison by keeping them in solitary confinement wherein prisoners are kept in isolation form. It states about the deficient management of the prison in providing better health care facilities to prisoners.

The article reports that former mayor and Connecticut prisoner Joe Ganim was reelected as mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut on November 4, 2015 with 59% of the total votes.

Many British employers seek to reduce the costs of their National Insurance contributions (NIC) without losing their benefits entitlement. Techniques employed to hold down costs include job sharing and making greater use of self-employed workers. Perhaps the easiest way to accomplish cost cuts is to establish an employee trust. Companies may, in certain circumstances, establish trusts that are exempt from the NIC, because the sums paid to the trustees or employees are considered to be voluntary payments.

The article reports on the protest from prisoners at Lemon Creek Correctional Center (LCCC) in Juneau, Alaska due to the rise in the rates of phone service and widespread disconnection of phone calls provided by Securus, which has entered into a contract with Alaska Department of Correction.

The article reports on the isolation of 20 prisoners alleged to be radical Islamists for the prevention of recruitment among prisoners and increase strategy for anti-radicalization shock therapy units for prisoners returning from jihad.

The article reports on the decline of prosecution to Phoenix Fire Department (PFD) captains Sam Richardson and Fred Andes who were involve from an incorrect or impeachable statements accussing Phoenix residents Carl Caples and Barbara Sloan of murder of a fire in an east Phoenix neighborhood.

The article reports on the the analysis of the U.S. federal Receiver's office on the increasing number of deaths from drug overdoses in California prisons, as well as suicide rate among state prisoners.

The article reports on the move of former dog trainer and veteran of California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Wayne Conrad to criticize the plan of CDCR Secretary Jeffrey Beard to use more docile breeds of dogs to reduce prison drug smuggling.

The article reports on the hunger strikes by federal immigration detention facilities' detainees, exposing the abuses by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and private detention centers in the U.S.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by non-profit organization the American Civil Liberties Union against California, noting the wait time of incompetent defendants in jail for their mental health treatment.

The article reports on the refusal of local prisons in complying with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers in the U.S.

The article reveals that opponents of mass incarceration have successfully pressured supporters of the U.S. private prison industry to divest almost 600 million U.S. dollars from Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group, the two leading private prison companies in the U.S.

A summary is presented of Massachusetts' Anti-shackling Law which limits restraints on pregnant prisoners.

The article discusses the involvement of Lance Hetmer, the special assistant to Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) Director Robert Patton and Arizona DOC former division director, on mishandled lethal injection of prisoners in Oklahoma.

The article discusses the detention of women and child refugees from Central America in residential centers in the U.S. and mentions topics including the impact of detention on immigrant children and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) opening of a family-friendly detention center.

The article reports that drug rehabilitation organization Narco Freedom Inc., run by father and son Alan and Jason Brand, is facing lawsuits and indictments for fraudulent insurance claims in New York City.

The article reports that California has followed Vermont and Mississippi in providing condoms to prisoners in its adult correctional facilities, following the passage of its Prisoner Protections for Family and Community Health Act.

The article focuses an incident happened when one said woman Stephanie Wilson, the a note found in the bottom of the department store company Saks Fifth Avenue's shopping bag by prisoners held in Chinese labor camps asking for help.

The article discusses the County of Santa Fe, First Judicial District Court case Prison Legal News v. Corizon Health, which deals with transparency of the private prison operations and their costs including private prison companies like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group.

The article reports on the protest made by immigrants' rights advocates regarding the investments made by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to private prison company GEO Group.

The article discusses the review of the bail bond industry of New Jersey which permitted criminal defendants to pay a low upfront cost and weekly or monthly payment plans in order to leave prison.

The article discusses the establishment of Resurrection after Exoneration (RAE) by former Louisiana death row prisoner John Thompson which is an outreach program for exonerees and other prisoners.

The article reports that the winter outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus caused the death of one prisoner and sickened 40 others, including five staff members, at the Putnamville Correctional Facility in Greencastle, Indiana in January 2016.

The article discusses Parsons v. Ryan, U.S.D.C. (Arizona District) which deals with medical treatment of prisoners.

The article highlights efforts of Democratic members of the U.S. Congress to remove a quota mandated by the Congress that keeps about 34,000 undocumented immigrants incarcerated on a daily basis.

The article reports that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will not file criminal charges against prison company Corrections Corp. of America (CCA) after its investigation on the alleged falsified staffing records that caused the increase of violence in the prison.

The article reports on the suit filed by the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), Montgomery, Alabama-based organization, against the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) due to dangerous security situation and high rate of violence in the prison.

The article reports on the media event showcasing model Pamela Anderson to promote meatless meals among prisoners at the Maricopa County, Arizona jail on April 15, 2015.

The article reports on statistics indicating the complexity of the judicial system in the U.S. military noting that there are no executions of soldiers on death row since 1961.

The article reports that Illinois University professor James Kilgore is threatened of losing his job after opposing a proposed new jail in Champaign, Illinois.

The article focuses on the forced resignation of Jesse Hernandez, a Republican political consultant and appointed head of Arizona's Board of Executive Clemency due to a state investigation. A report from one media outlet states that Hernandez was forced to resign after an unidentified woman filed a discrimination and retaliation complaint against him due to alleged promotion and raise he gave to his girlfriend. It adds that the investigation found him guilty of sexual harassment and nepotism.

The article focuses on the potential influence of the political spending by private prison on prison reform law in Oklahoma. It examines the political spending of private prison corporations such as Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), GEO Group Inc. and Avalon Correctional Services Inc. and its influence to the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI). It also notes the donations of three private prisons to the campaign of Governor Mary Fallin, Governor Todd Lamb, House Speaker T. W. Shannon.

The article reports on the analysis conducted by In the Public Interest (ITPI), a Washington, D.C.-based research and policy group on public services, on private prison contracts in the U.S. One of the findings highlighted is the bed guarantees or lockup quotas from 70% to 100%. A lawsuit filed by Utah-based Management and Training Corp. (MTC), which runs a state prison complex in Kingman, Arizona, against the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) related to lock up quotas is also discussed.