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California law bans for-profit, private prisons, immigration detention centers
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Friday [October 11] that would eliminate private, for-profit prisons, including those used for immigration detention, by 2028.
Starting on Jan. 2020, the state's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation won't be able to enter into or renew a contract with a private, for-profit prison to incarcerate people.
Operating a private immigration detention facility and incarcerating people in for-profit prisons will be prohibited after Jan. 2028, according to the newly signed law.
[...] The Adelanto Detention Facility, which is one of the nation's biggest privately-run immigration detention centers, will be phased out under the new law.
This past summer, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General released a report that found "egregious violations of detention standards" at the Adelanto Detention Facility, including "nooses in detainee cells, improper and overly restrictive segregation, and inadequate detainee medical care."
[...] GEO Group, a for-profit prison company with dozens of facilities in California including the Adelanto Facility, previously has stated that the bill "works against the state's Proposition 57 anti-recidivism goals approved by the voters," referring to a ballot proposition passed in 2016 to reduce the number of people who were re-incarcerated in the state.
The company reported revenues of $2.33 billion in 2018, up from $2.26 billion in 2017. The facilities have been criticized for employing immigrants for as little as $1 a day.
(Score: 2) by Username on Monday October 21 2019, @10:22PM (3 children)
Maybe crime is going down because criminals are in prison. I have a very strong feeling that if we did the reverse, release all the criminals and keep the prisons empty, there would be a huge spike in crime.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday October 21 2019, @11:54PM
Some people who are in prison really need to be there. There are also a lot of people who are in prison who really don't need to be there, e.g. the estimated 1 in 25 people on death row who are not guilty [pnas.org]. Eliminating the profit motive to, say, plant drugs on an innocent person and frame them for possession with intent to sell would be good for everybody except cops.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 21 2019, @11:54PM (1 child)
If you look at global crime statistics, crime has been dropping for decades around the world. Keep that in mind the next time you read a scary story about how dangerous our city streets are. That includes violent crime, such as armed robberies and such.
The most violent crime in the USA happens right where the government makes the most effort to stop crime. And, that, incidentally, coincides with those cities with the toughest gun control laws.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday October 22 2019, @10:23PM
Global crime statistics [nypost.com], maybe. There are still places where organized criminals can still flex more power than local law enforcement.