In the latest decree supposedly aimed at combating racial inequality, President Joe Biden has ordered the Justice Department not to renew contracts with private prisons – for-profit institutions that have a grim history in the US.
“This is the first step to stop corporations from profiting off incarceration that is less humane and less safe as the studies show,” Biden said before signing the executive order on Tuesday. “This is just the beginning of my administration’s plan to address systemic problems in our criminal justice system.”
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