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| Subject: Commiefornia bans private prisons and immigrant detention centers Fri Oct 11, 2019 6:38 pm | |
| California is banning the use of for-profit prisons, once embraced to ease overcrowding, but now scorned by prisoner and immigrant advocacy groups over substandard conditions and alleged abuses. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed legislation effectively banning the outsourcing of inmates to private contractors. The law will prohibit the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from entering into or renewing contracts with private-prison corporations beginning in 2020 and bars the state from keeping prisoners in private lockups starting in 2028. "These for-profit prisons do not reflect our values," Newsom said in a statement.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-bans-private-prisons-and-immigrant-detention-centers
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