Investigative Series

Investigative Series Articles

  • The Culture of Bullying: Loss of Civility at School, Work, Politics

    Bullying is not a teenage or childhood affliction. According to a poll released in June by Weber Shandwick, 65 percent of Americans say lack of civility is a major problem in the country and feel the negative tenor has worsened during the financial crisis and recession. As Election Day approaches, experts and polls find it is even more dramatic.Read More

  • Who Profits From the Prison Boom?

    For decades, private-prison companies have been active members of a powerful lobby responsible for numerous laws that have put millions of people behind bars. In large part because of these laws, the country's prison population has ballooned from 500,000 in 1980 to 2.3 million in 2009, greater than that of any other nation in the world.Read More

  • America: Incarceration Nation

    In raw numbers, the American prison population is so large it's almost hard to grasp. Today the United States imprisons about 2.3 million people in every 100 adults. Read more on America's swelling prison industrial complex here.Read More

  • The Prison Industrial Complex: Biased, Predatory and Growing

    DiversityInc examines the rapid growth of privately run prison operators and the next dark chapter in the ever-expanding prison industrial complex: immigrant detention. What are the racial implications? Why has anti-immigration sentiment helped private prisons make a fortune?Read More

  • Prisons: Presidential Pressure

    For about 50 years before 1972, the rate of imprisonment in the United States was steady. But in the 1960s, rising crime rates, urban riots and social tensions triggered tough-on-crime...Read More

  • Prisons: Connecting the Dots

    An example of how CCA promotes its agenda and parlays its political connections can be seen in states such as Arizona, which recently passed the nation’s toughest immigration-enforcement law. In...Read More

  • Prisons: The Industry Leaders

    Corrections Corporation of America Headquarters Nashville, Tenn. No. of facilities: 65 in 19 states, including the District of Columbia No. of prison beds: 86,916 No. of employees: 17,425 2009 revenue...Read More

  • BP Executives’ Human-Rights Miscalculation: Have They Bet the Company?

    How did BP leadership, including soon-to-step-down CEO Tony Hayward, fail to grasp the human-rights implications of drilling in the Gulf? Attorney and activist Raymond Brown offers several possible explanations.Read More