Private Prisons Back In Mix For Federal Inmates
February 23rd, 2017Via: NPR:
New Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding an Obama-era memo that directed the Justice Department to reduce the use of private prisons, NPR’s Carrie Johnson reports
Sessions writes in the order that returning to the Bureau of Prisons’ earlier approach would provide flexibility.
“The memorandum changed long-standing policy and practice, and impaired the Bureau’s ability to meet the future needs of the federal correctional system,” Sessions writes.
