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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJeff Sessions Rescinds DOJ Phaseout Of Private Prisons - Which Donated Heavily To Trump
Jeff Sessions Rescinds DOJ Phaseout Of Private Prisons (Which Totally Coincidentally Donated Heavily To Trump)
The Associated Press reports:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has signaled his support for the federal governments use of private prisons, rescinding a memo meant to phase out their use. Sessions issued a new memo Thursday replacing one issued last August by Sally Yates, the deputy attorney general at the time.
That memo told the Bureau of Prisons to begin reducing and ultimately end its use of privately run prisons. She said the facilities were less well run than those managed by the Bureau of Prisons, and were less necessary given declines in the overall prison population.
But Sessions says in his memo Thursday that Yates directive contradicted longstanding Justice Department policy and impaired the Bureaus ability to meet the future needs of the federal correctional system.
More from USA Today:
Private prison companies, which stand to make big gains under President Trumps tough new immigration orders, also have contributed big sums to pro-Trump groups, including the organization that raised a record $100 million for his inauguration last month.
GEO Group, one of the nations largest for-profit prison operators, donated $250,000 to support Trumps inaugural festivities, Pablo Paez, the companys vice president of corporate relations, told USA TODAY.
Thats on top of the $225,000 that a company subsidiary donated to a super PAC that spent some $22 million to help elect the real-estate magnate. Another prison operator, CoreCivic, gave $250,000 to support Trumps inauguration, recently filed congressional reports show.
For-profit prison companies see the potential for significant growth under the Trump administration and a Republican-led Congress where some lawmakers are pushing to toughen penalties for undocumented immigrants who are deported and then re-enter the country illegally.
http://www.joemygod.com/2017/02/23/jeff-sessions-rescinds-phaseout-private-prisons-totally-coincidentally-donated-heavily-trump/
The Associated Press reports:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has signaled his support for the federal governments use of private prisons, rescinding a memo meant to phase out their use. Sessions issued a new memo Thursday replacing one issued last August by Sally Yates, the deputy attorney general at the time.
That memo told the Bureau of Prisons to begin reducing and ultimately end its use of privately run prisons. She said the facilities were less well run than those managed by the Bureau of Prisons, and were less necessary given declines in the overall prison population.
But Sessions says in his memo Thursday that Yates directive contradicted longstanding Justice Department policy and impaired the Bureaus ability to meet the future needs of the federal correctional system.
More from USA Today:
Private prison companies, which stand to make big gains under President Trumps tough new immigration orders, also have contributed big sums to pro-Trump groups, including the organization that raised a record $100 million for his inauguration last month.
GEO Group, one of the nations largest for-profit prison operators, donated $250,000 to support Trumps inaugural festivities, Pablo Paez, the companys vice president of corporate relations, told USA TODAY.
Thats on top of the $225,000 that a company subsidiary donated to a super PAC that spent some $22 million to help elect the real-estate magnate. Another prison operator, CoreCivic, gave $250,000 to support Trumps inauguration, recently filed congressional reports show.
For-profit prison companies see the potential for significant growth under the Trump administration and a Republican-led Congress where some lawmakers are pushing to toughen penalties for undocumented immigrants who are deported and then re-enter the country illegally.
http://www.joemygod.com/2017/02/23/jeff-sessions-rescinds-phaseout-private-prisons-totally-coincidentally-donated-heavily-trump/
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Jeff Sessions Rescinds DOJ Phaseout Of Private Prisons - Which Donated Heavily To Trump (Original Post)
herding cats
Feb 2017
OP
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't it easier to break out of a private prison than a state
muntrv
Feb 2017
#1
this is so wrong. We had just begun to make some prison reforms and now Trump comes
riversedge
Feb 2017
#2
muntrv
(14,505 posts)1. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't it easier to break out of a private prison than a state
or federal one? Usually for-profit prisons skimp on necessities.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)2. this is so wrong. We had just begun to make some prison reforms and now Trump comes
along with his thug.
oasis
(49,407 posts)3. "Gotta keep them rioting protesters somewheres".
Future guests of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions.
dem4decades
(11,304 posts)9. Looks like the pot smokers will be in there as well.
And all the immigrants. If they could detain 10 million immigrants for 30 days each it would be worth a fortune. Now we see what jobs are coming back.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)4. They must be planning on locking us up for saying mean things about them. nt
Old Vet
(2,001 posts)5. No conflict of intrest to see here, Lets just move on. SO BLATANT......
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)6. Disgusting.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)7. Follow the money
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)8. What can I say? Elections have consequences and I tried to warn folks
RowdieTurtle
(37 posts)10. Trump Invests
How much you wanna bet the Trump boys made a big investment in private prisons? Of course with the Republicans in charge and no Trump taxes we will never know.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)11. Guess where all the rounded up immigrants will go, this a disgrace.
This leads to corrupt judges sending people for minor reasons to corrupt private prisons.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)12. This is why I hate "But both sides!" -emoprogism
Because the assclowns who write bullshit like this are nowhere to be found today: