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The nation's supermax prisons hold most inmates in solitary confinement -- in eight-by-10 cells, 23 hours a day -- often for years at a time. There are over 40 such facilities operating across the U.S. The new HBO documentary, "Solitary," goes inside one of them: the Red Onion State Prison in Southwest Virginia. Director and producer Kristi ...
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Detention is their business plan. The 2 largest private prison corporations - GEO Group and CoreCivic - made $4.3 billion in 2025, leading an industry that makes money from everything from phone calls and family visits to body cams, tear gas, and soap. Their DC lobbying has led to lucrative contracts - over $1B from ICE in 2025 alone. They don’t want you to know this. They want you to think prisons and detention centers are just part of how this country works. But quietly they’ve been pushing -
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