
Source: Claire Bernish
In a stunning turn of events, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday it will no longer use private prisons to incarcerate federal prisoners, deeming the notorious for-profit facilities both less safe and less effective in providing correctional services than those operated by the government.
“They simply do not provide the same level of correctional services, programs, and resources; they do not save substantially on costs; and as noted in a recent report by the Department’s Office of Inspector General, they do not maintain the same level of safety and security,” Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates explained in today’s announcement.
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Finally some good news!
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Good news is extremely rare these days.
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Now if we could only remove for profit state prisons, schools and health care…
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I guess we just need a few more people to wake up – they say only 10% can bring about total devolution.
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