Fostering a "Homeland Security" Culture

(Excerpted from "Reyes the Rainmaker," a three-part series on Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Tx) and his role in promoting military, home...

Homeland Security Doctors Now Care for Private Sector

The revolving door between government and industry has been spinning off a stream of Department of Homeland Security officials who are findi...

Unpredented Per Capita Prison Debt in Texas

There are 18 Texas counties with project revenue bonds for prisons that are financed through lease-purchase agreements. These are among the ...

Watch Detention Watch Network, and Join the Network

The member conference of the Detention Watch Network is coming up (Sept. 24-25), and many of its members believe it is time to organize to ...

Speculative Prisons in Texas

(The Prison State of Texas, Part II) ICE, USMS, and BOP all have contracts and agreements with county governments – most of them impoverishe...

The Prison State of Texas

Texas is a national leader, having the nation’s highest percentage of residents who are uninsured, the highest percentage without a high sch...

Former Bush Security Chiefs Find Terrorism Obsession Can Be Profitable

Contracts with the Department of Homeland Security are spewing billions of dollars into private industry, largely to companies that also rel...