private prisons
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Nicolais: Feds discontinue use of private prisons
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It’s closing time for federal prisons run by private companies. And the reasons why say a lot about the current criminal justice system. According to a memo released by the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Prisons will be “beginning the process of reducing – and ultimately ending – our use of privately operated…
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Obama administration to phase out some private prison use by feds
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The Obama administration announced Thursday it will phase out its use of some private prisons, affecting thousands of federal inmates and immediately sending shares of the two publicly traded prison operators plunging. In a memo to the Bureau of Prisons, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told it to start reducing “and ultimately ending” the Justice…
