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| US to end federal use of private prisons | US to end federal use of private prisons |
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| The US Justice Department will phase out use of privately owned prisons, citing safety concerns. | The US Justice Department will phase out use of privately owned prisons, citing safety concerns. |
| Contracts with 13 private prisons will be reviewed and and allowed to expire over the next five years. | Contracts with 13 private prisons will be reviewed and and allowed to expire over the next five years. |
| "They do not save substantially on costs and ... they do not maintain the same level of safety and security," Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates said explaining the decision. | "They do not save substantially on costs and ... they do not maintain the same level of safety and security," Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates said explaining the decision. |
| The majority of US prisoners are held in state-run prisons. | The majority of US prisoners are held in state-run prisons. |
| On Wall Street, the stocks of private prison companies declined sharply after the news was announced. | |
| An Inspector General's report released this month found that private prisons saw higher rates of violent incidents and rule infractions in comparison with government-run institutions. | |
| During the Democratic presidential primary race, Hillary Clinton's main opponent Senator Bernie Sanders made a campaign promise to end the "private, for-profit prison racket". | |
| Senator Sanders sponsored a bill attempting to end the use of private prisons in September 2015 saying "we cannot fix our criminal justice system if corporations are allowed to profit from mass incarceration". | |
| Mrs Clinton's website states that she will "end the era of mass incarceration, reform mandatory minimum sentences, and end private prisons". | |
| As of December, private prisons housed 22,660 federal inmates. |