Jeff Sessions’ Role in Expanding Private Prisons Is Deeper Than You Might Think

‘President Trump’s feud with the press dominated the headlines this weekend, effectively distracting from his scrapping of more Obama-era policies.
“Some of the biggest backers of Donald Trump’s presidency were for-profit prison operators, who bask in his tough stance on illegal immigration and glowing reviews of their industry,” TV One’s Roland Martin explained on Monday.
“I do think we can do a lot of privatizations and private prisons; it seems to work a lot better,” Donald Trump told Chris Matthews in an MSNBC town hall on March 30.’
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