In 2017 in the initial days of Donald Trump’s first term, he instituted a government hiring freeze while exempting "essential areas" from the freeze.

The order reverses Biden’s ban on private prison contracts with the Justice Department. Private immigrant detention never stopped and is expected to grow.

Following Trump’s executive order, a trans woman held at a federal prison was told she would be moved to a men’s prison.

President Donald Trump signs executive order for mass deportation to ensue, while dissolving previous ban on private prisons. Here's what to know.

Just days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, the Department of Justice has announced its decision to withdraw the federal government’s lethal injection protocol on the grounds that it causes unconstitutional suffering.

Drones are used for contraband delivery and the threats they pose to prisons and jails: what can local law enforcement do?.

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.

Federal prosecutors are told in no uncertain terms that they will be on the front lines of an administration-wide effort to crack down on illegal immigration and border crime.

The director of the Federal Bureau of ... the use of private prisons has been repealed amid President Donald Trump's efforts to implement drastic reforms to the Justice Department.

William W. Lothrop was named interim Bureau of Prisons director after Colette Peters' resignation, as the president aims to enforce stricter policies on transgender inmates in prisons.

The Trump administration is directing the Justice Department to dramatically boost its efforts on immigration enforcement, making it an agency top priority.

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.