Forbes: Biden Directs Justice Department To End Contracts With Private Prisons
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While some critics have pointed to the large proportion of facilities that won’t be impacted by this executive order, Holly Harris, the executive director of the Justice Action Network, a bipartisan criminal justice reform organization, emphasized the challenge of standing up to private contractors like GEO Group, Management and Training Corporation, and CoreCivic that have spent millions on lobbying and campaign contributions to state and local officials. “I think eliminating the perverse profit incentive that these companies introduced into the system and addressing their massive political giving is definitely a step in the right direction,” said Harris.