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Feds to End Private Prison Contracts After Study Found Facilities Unsafe, Inefficient
The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday that they will end the use of private prisons. The department will review the contracts of 13 prisons and allow them to expire. Five of those prisons are in Texas. Private prison corporate stocks dropped … Continue reading
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Justice Department Will Phase Out Its Use Of Private Prisons
Federal officials said the contract facilities don’t offer substantial cost savings or provide the same level of security as those run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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Tagged Big Spring, Crime, Criminal Justice, Department of Justice, GEO Group, Pecos, Prisons, Private Prisons, Reeves County
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