Private prison policy excludes DHS, but impacts migrants

Continuing a deluge of executive actions, President Biden last week ordered the Justice Department to step back from its partnership with the private prison industry. Inside the Justice Department, the U.S. Marshals Service and federal Bureau of Prisons run large prison networks, both of which contract with private prisons corporations to house people suspected or convicted of migrating to the United States in violation of federal criminal law.

On January 26, the president announced that the ...