Admitting Failed Experiment, DOJ to Phase Out Private Prisons

After years of documented human rights abuses by the private prison industry, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is finally ending its use of privately-run, for-profit prisons, the Washington Post reports.

“With its announcement today, the Justice Department has made clear that the end of the Bureau of Prisons’ two-decade experiment with private prisons is finally in sight.”
Click Here: Rugby league Jerseys—David Fathi, ACLUDeputy Attorney General Sally Yates issued a memo Thursday announcing that the federal government is ending its contracts with the private prison industry, days after the department’s Inspector General issued a damning report about the danger and abuse facing inmates in private federal prisons.

According to that report, about 22,660 inmates were living in federal private prisons as of December 2015.

“This is an important and groundbreaking decision,” said David Fathi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project. “With its announcement today, the Justice Department has made clear that the end of the Bureau of Prisons’ two-decade experiment with private prisons is finally in sight. The ACLU applauds today’s decision and calls on other agencies—both state and federal—to stop handing control of prisons to for-profit companies.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) also applauded the decision in a press statement: “Our criminal justice system is broken and in need of major reforms. The Justice Department’s plan to end its use of private prisons is an important step in the right direction. It is exactly what I campaigned on as a candidate for president.”