President Biden will Nix Department of Justice (DOJ) Contracts with Private Prisons via an Executive Order.

Biden, on Tuesday, directing Attorney General-Designate, Merrick Garland, Not to Renew DOJ Contracts with Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities. The Order doesn't apply to those used by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other Federal Agencies.

Susan Rice, Biden's Domestic Policy Advisor, said "Private prisons profiteer off of federal prisoners and are proven to be, or found to be, by the Department of Justice inspector general, to be less safe for correctional officers and for prisoners," Rice told Reporters at a White House Briefing.

Biden has Pledged to Reduce Mass Incarceration in the United States and the Disproportionate Number of Minorities behind Bars.

Ending the Use of Private Prisons to House federal Inmates would have only a Limited Impact.

Only 116,000 of the more than Two Million Prisoners in the United States are Housed in Private Prisons, 7% of those held by the States and 16% of those held in Federal Prisons.

Private Prison Operators First emerged in the United States in the 1980s when the Prison Population began to Explode, notably because of the War on Drugs.

Towards the End of his Presidency, Barack Obama also sought to do away with Federal use of Private Prisons. Trump Increased their Use and Extended it to the Detention of Illegal Immigrants.

The Move may Hurt the Country’s Two Largest Operators of Private Prisons, GEO Group Inc. and CoreCivic Inc., which saw Shares fell on the News. GEO Group erased a Gain to Close down 7.8%, CoreCivic fell 5.9%.

There are another 12 such Facilities in the U.S. which are run by closely held Management and Training Corp., in addition to Geo Group and Core Civic.










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