The New York Times: Biden Moves to End Justice Contracts with Private Prisons

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“Eliminating the use of for-profit prisons is but a first step,” said Holly Harris, the executive director of Justice Action Network, a bipartisan organization working on criminal justice — but a step with implications beyond the small percentage of federal prisoners who are held in private prisons. “Everyone is missing that they’re a big obstacle to reform because they give millions to elected officials who write our criminal law.”

Ms. Harris, who said she was a Republican, added that she was “extending a little grace to the Democratic administration and applauding this first step.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/business/biden-private-prisons-justice-department.html