Lauren Brooke Eisen
Senior director in the Brennan Center's Justice Program, specializing in justice and detention policy and discussing the detention industrial complex and contract structures.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 43min
'If You Can Keep It': The Private Companies Profiting Off ICE
Lauren Brooke Eisen, a detention policy expert at the Brennan Center; Jose Olivares, investigative reporter on immigration enforcement; Carol Lennick, investigative correspondent focused on justice reporting; and Elliot Williams, former DOJ and ICE legal official, dig into the business behind immigration crackdowns. They discuss rising detentions and shootings, profit spikes at private prison contractors, contract incentives like guaranteed bed payments, and tech and transport firms fueling deportations.
