California moved to end the use of private, for-profit lockups in America's...
Defending their business model, the companies say they provided vital extra space when detentions in California’s prisons swelled to more than double the system’s capacity, sparking lawsuits that led to court-ordered cuts to inmate populations.
Separately, GEO Group cited its record as “an innovator in the field of rehabilitative services” and said the bill worked against the state’s goal of lowering inmate recidivism.The last three remaining privately-run prisons in California’s corrections system, housing a total of 1,400 inmates, are set to close in four years under the new law when their contracts with the state expire.
Once the law goes into effect detainees would be transferred to facilities outside California, ICE said in a statement. Several states, including New York, Illinois and Nevada, have adopted similar bans on private prisons, and nearly half of all states have no such facilities, said Kara Gotsch, director of strategic initiatives for the Sentencing Project, a criminal justice reform group.
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