Links to state department of corrections agencies and other criminal justice agencies.

The Detention Watch Network (DWN) is the only national coalition in the United States that addresses the detention crisis head-on and helps detainees and their loved ones make their voices heard.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons was established in 1930 to provide more progressive and humane care for Federal inmates.

The National Institute of Corrections is a center of learning, innovation and leadership that shapes and advances effective correctional practice and public policy.

The American Correctional Association (ACA), formerly known as the American Prison Association, is the oldest and largest international correctional association in the world.

Since 1981, the American Jail Association has been the only national, nonprofit association dedicated exclusively to supporting those who work in and operate our Nation's 3,200-plus jail facilities by offering high quality training and education.

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Corrections news from around the country.

News, reports and resources on correctional privatization from all over the world.

The company – the first of its kind – was founded in 1983.

The “Dominion Group of Companies” is the informal identity of a number of companies founded and owned by Calvin Burgess of Guthrie, Oklahoma.

The GEO Group is a world leader in the delivery of private correctional and detention management, community residential re-entry services as well as behavioral and mental health services to federal, state and local government agencies.

LaSalle Corrections is an established developer and operator of correctional centers throughout the State of Louisiana and Texas. The Texas corporate office operates out of a home owned by one of its management team executives.

Founded in 1981, Management & Training Corporation (MTC) is a privately- held company headquartered in Centerville, Utah.