Biden’s Move to End Private Prison Contracts Met With Pushback

Biden’s Move to End Private Prison Contracts Met With Pushback
President Joe Biden prepares to sign executives orders related to his racial equity agenda at the White House on Jan. 26, 2021. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images
Bowen Xiao
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President Joe Biden’s executive order to eliminate government contracts with private prisons, stemming from a campaign promise to enact criminal justice reform and to reduce mass incarceration, is being met with pushback from those in the industry.

Critics say the move is largely a “political statement” that fails to get to the root of the issue, since private-sector contractors house only a small fraction of the total number of federal inmates.

Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
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Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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