Elizabeth Warren on Friday proposed a plan for banning private prisons, calling the for-profit system “exploitation, plain and simple'
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday proposed a plan for banning private prisons, calling the for-profit system “exploitation, plain and simple.”
“Our criminal and immigration systems are tearing apart communities of color and devastating the poor, including children,” the Massachusetts Democrat said in introducing the plan.Warren would end federal contracts with the Bureau of Prisons and Immigrant and Customs Enforcement for detention facilities and private prisons. Warren would try to extend this ban to states and localities as well.
After this story posted, a spokesperson for a private prison company reached out with a statement. “Senator Warren’s announcement is a continuation of politically-motivated attacks based on false narratives," said Pablo E. Paez, an executive vice president at The GEO Group, one of the largest for-profit detention providers. "We would welcome lawmakers, including Senator Warren, to visit our facilities, speak with our employees and hear directly from those individuals in our care.
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