Opinion: Biden is ending the Justice Department’s contracts with private prisons. Now end ICE’s.

Eunice Cho is a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project. Earlier this week, President Biden signed an executive order directing the attorney general to phase out the Justice Department’s use of private prisons. Although this is an important step, the order falls short of realizing Biden’s campaign pledge to “make clear that the … Continue reading Opinion: Biden is ending the Justice Department’s contracts with private prisons. Now end ICE’s.