Department of Justice announces end to private prisons
The Department of Justice in the US announced on Thursday that all private prisons will be phased out of the federal corrections system. At least 13 private prison contracts will be allowed to expire by 2021.
According to Matthew Crowley, a Virginia criminal defense attorney, this change resulted from reports made by an Inspector General stating that private prisons have a higher incidence of violence and rule infractions by both prisoners and staff alike as compared to government-run facilities.
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Senator Bernie Sanders sponsored a bill that would effectively shut down private prisons and called it the “end for-profit prison-racket.” However, federal law does not apply to U.S state law.
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