Private Prison Companies Will Still Lock Up Immigrants, Despite DOJ Decision

The United States government will continue to profit from locking up immigrants, despite the Department of Justice’s landmark decision on Thursday to stop contracting with private prison companies. The DOJ issued a memo that directs the federal Bureau of Prisons to either let its contracts with private prisons lapse as they expire or renegotiate them to reduce their scope.  But the new DOJ policy won’t change the fact that private companies enjoy lucrative contracts with the Immigration a...