US to phase out private-prison contracts By LIA ZHU in San Francisco | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-02-01 11:07 An exterior view shows the DeKalb County Jail in Decatur, Georgia, US, Sept 8, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
The United States, with the largest prison population in the world, is phasing out the use of private prisons, a move advocates are applauding but also criticizing as not shrinking the federal prison system but just transferring inmates to public facilities.
President Joe Biden, within the first two weeks of his presidency, signed an executive order directing the Justice Department not to renew its contracts with private prisons, to reduce profit-based incentives to incarcerate .
Don’t Get Too Excited About President Biden’s Ban On Private Prisons
Don’t Get Too Excited About President Biden’s Ban On Private Prisons
Legal experts argue that this order’s overall impact will be more symbolic than anything resembling actual prison reform.
Corporate slavery is slowly dying in the United States. President Biden recently signed an executive order designed to eliminate the for-profit prison system supported by Uncle Sam.
In an Instagram message posted on Thursday evening, Biden wrote: “No one should be profiteering off of our criminal justice system. That’s why today, I ordered the Department of Justice to end the use of private prisons by the federal government.” The move is all part of the new administration’s commitment to racial justice. But while the implications of the order are noble, it will do very little to destroy the private prison complex.
Rare sedition charge gains interest after Capitol attack
A little used Civil War-era statute that outlaws waging war against the United States is getting a fresh look after the attacks on the Capitol in Washington. Author: Associated Press Updated: 11:57 PM EST January 16, 2021
WASHINGTON A Civil War-era sedition law being dusted off for potential use in the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol was last successfully deployed a quarter-century ago in the prosecution of Islamic militants who plotted to bomb New York City landmarks.
An Egyptian cleric, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, and nine followers were convicted in 1995 of seditious conspiracy and other charges in a plot to blow up the United Nations, the FBI’s building, and two tunnels and a bridge linking New York and New Jersey.