Department of Justice Deals Massive Blow To Debtors’ Prisons, Poor People Can’t Be Held When They Can’t Afford Bail

‘Last Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) made the shocking statement that it will no longer use private prisons to incarcerate federal prisoners, saying they are less safe and less effective than government-run facilities.
This was welcome news for those who realize that for-profit prisons contribute to the problem of mass incarceration, but the feds still need to address the glaring issue of jailing people for victimless crimes such as drug use.
The effects on the prison-industrial complex were immediate, as stock values crashed for the Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group.
Now, another DoJ ruling has the for-profit prison system reeling.’
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