United States to phase out federal use of privately-operated prisons

The US Justice Department plans to phase out its use of privately-operated prisons, which it called less safe and less effective than government-run facilities, according to a memo released publicly by the department on Thursday.

In a move that hammered corrections company share prices, the Justice Department memo called for gradually phasing out the use of private prisons by letting contracts expire or by scaling them back.

The Justice Department does not have jurisdiction over state prisons. Both Texas and Louisiana use private companies to run their prisons, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

According to the memo, approximately 15 per cent of federal prisoners were in private facilities in 2013.

Privately-run prisons "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 wrote in the memo.

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United States to phase out federal use of privately-operated prisons

United States to phase out federal use of privately-operated prisons

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