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Private prisons are making a comeback:
The Trump administration is rolling back an Obama-era plan to phase out the federal government's use of private prisons. Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a memo Thursday to the Bureau of Prisons rescinding the Obama administration's Aug. 16 order advising the bureau not to renew any contracts with private prisons, according to a copy of the letter. Then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates had instructed officials to either not renew private prison contracts or substantially reduce the scope of such contracts to ultimately end the department's use of privately operated prisons altogether.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions's four-sentence memo rescinding Justice Department guidance to reduce the use of private prisons sent stock soaring for the two companies that dominate the industry, Geo Group and CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America). That's not necessarily because the memo will lead to a ramp-up in Geo- or CoreCivic-run federal prisons. As of December 2015, about 12 percent of all inmates in federal prisons were housed in private facilities, representing only 22,660 inmates. That certainly won't decline under Sessions, but he didn't promise to increase it substantially. "I direct the [Bureau of Prisons] to return to its previous approach," Sessions wrote. Anyway, DoJ renewed a pair of contracts with CoreCivic despite the now-scuttled order, so it's unclear if the status quo ever stopped.
Also at CNN Money.
Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Monitoring of Contract Prisons (August 2016).
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday February 26 2017, @04:19AM
Go ahead, make another SJW accusation that "Trump is literally Hitler!" Obviously, you never actually studied Hitler, the Nazi party, or how they came to power. I presume that Hillary is/was your idol - and that woman has more in common with Hitler than Trump could ever hope to have, if he were to try hard. If you have problems with that idea, you might start with the charisma thing. Hitler was very charismatic. He knew how to move individuals, crowds, and even nations. When he spoke, people listened.
Trump doesn't have enough charisma to lead a shipload of horny sailors and marines to a whorehouse advertising Freebie Fucks for Friday.
If you're going to Godwin a conversation, you should at least have some idea what the hell you're talkiing about.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 26 2017, @08:49AM
If you're going to Godwin a conversation, you should at least have some idea what the hell you're talkiing about.
Take it from Runaway! He's thought about this a lot. He has lots of experience with this. He's just angry because he can't read, and he has had a crush on Hilary since she was his first Lady, the first time. So try not to Godwin. Not sure about this new "shading" thing, or what or where Wharton is. Was that a school founded by Daddy Warbucks, from "Li'l Orphan Annie" fame?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 26 2017, @03:38PM
Hillary charismatic? Please. Trump is the charismatic douchbg, hillary is the aloof ice queen who couldn't fake sincerity and charisma to save her life. Have YOU learned about the rise of Hitler? Cause I ha e, and it is eerily similar to Trump. Maybe you're too old, brain and memory playing tricks on you?? I guess we'll have to double our prison population, have a few "incidents" in border camps, then maybe you'll start catching on.
The main difference between Trump and Hitler? Trump is more concerned with money, his handlers are the one to watch out for. And the world is a bit different, harder to pull off the straight evil of the Nazis.
But hey, ithurts your feels to compare Trump to Hitler so we'll all ignore the most compelling historical example of a populist fear monger. Yup, getting right on that forgetful train to suffering town.