Despite Promises of Reform, Private Prison Companies Continue to Thrive Under Biden: ACLU

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris watches as President Joe Biden signs executive orders including a measure meant to phase out federal private prison contracts in the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 26, 2021."Three years into the Biden administration, the number of people held in ICE detention continues to grow, and private prison companies hold an increasingly tight grip on the mass immigration detention system.

"Three years into the Biden administration, the number of people held in ICE detention continues to grow, and private prison companies hold an increasingly tight grip on the mass immigration detention system," ACLU National Prison Project senior staff attorney Eunice Cho wrote in an"The federal government's immigration detention system overwhelmingly relies on private prison corporations," Cho added.

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