DOJ Ends Use of For-Profit Prisons

DOJ Ends Use of For-Profit Prisons

The Department of Justice, which includes the Bureau of Prisons, has decided that they will cease to use private, for-profit prisons to house federal criminals and offenders from Washington D.C. The decision came after internal reviews of privatized prison systems,...
Goldman Sachs to Pay Up to the Tune of $5 Billion

Goldman Sachs to Pay Up to the Tune of $5 Billion

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. announced today that they have agreed to pay $5.06 billion to settle claims related to misleading investors between 2005 and 2007. Goldman Sachs’s actions led to much of the economic distress during the 2008 recession. According to the...