Justice Department to Stop Using Private Prisons

 

by Pete Williams

The Justice Department said Thursday that it will phase out its use of private contractors to run federal prisons.

Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates said privately run prisons do not provide the same level of correctional services or save on costs. And in a memo to prison officials, she said, "They do not maintain the same level of safety and security." 

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Source: NBC News