The biggest problem with private prisons isn’t necessarily how they operate

August 21, 2016
Business Insider

... The Center for Constitutional Rights also anticipated the DOJ’s shift in tactics on Thursday in a statement, lauding the decision while calling for the Department of Homeland Security to also phase out use of private prisons.

“Locking up immigrants, including families and children fleeing extreme violence in Central America, should not be a source of profit for huge corporations, particularly given private contractors’ terrible record providing inadequate medical and mental health care to dying immigrants,” the statement said.

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