President signs Executive Order to phase out private prisons
The new administration has been clear that they oppose the use of private prisons. We do to. Any industry that profits on the incarceration and lobbies for longer prison sentences and harsher penalties as a basis for increasing profitability, is sick.
Within one week of taking office, President Biden has signed an Executive Order to “Reform the Incarceration System”, which includes phasing out the use of private prisons to confine the currently 2 million people who are confined in federal prisons and detention centers.
Perhaps the most exciting language contained in the Executive Order was not the elimination of private prisons, but these statements,
- “There is broad consensus that our current system of mass incarceration imposes significant costs and hardships on our society and communities and does not make us safer.”
- “We must ensure that our Nation’s incarceration and correctional systems are prioritizing rehabilitation and redemption.”
- “Incarcerated individuals should be given a fair chance to fully reintegrate into their communities, including by participating in programming tailored to earning a good living, securing affordable housing, and participating in our democracy as our fellow citizens.”
Lets hope this is just the beginning.
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“We must ensure that our Nation’s incarceration and correctional systems are prioritizing rehabilitation and redemption.”
There is NO redemption as long as the registry exists. This is an extension of our sentences to Life for most of us regardless of what the courts say. Walk a mile or even a day in our shoes and then see what you think.
I spent more than 5 years in the federal bureau of prisons. And I can assure you that this EO is about relief for illegal aliens held in federal prisons. It is not about relief for sex offenders because the feds dont hold us in private prisons. So, don’t be fooled.
I don’t see how you read that from the Executive Order.
I don’t see how “rehabilitation and redemption” are immigration issues. Certainly “incarcerated individuals should be given a fair chance to fully reintegrate into their communities” isn’t about illegal aliens.
Ok FAC, let’s watch this unfold. By this time next year, show us all how this has helped our SOs. By the end of Biden’s term, let’s see how this helps our cause. I spent time in federal prison. I know how the federal prison system functions. Did you spend any time there?
Yup. I did!
Here is the link about federal SOMP that shows all federal sex offender prisons, none of which are private.
https://www.prisonerresource.com/sex-offenders/sex-offender-treatment-programs-federal-bureau-prisons/
Since you claim to have spent time in federal prison, then you should know how full they are of illegal aliens. This is one of the reasons the FBOP contracted to private prisons to help reduce the overcrowding of other inmates and make room for more SOs. So, Biden’s EO is addressing the illegal alien issue, contrary to your post.
Biden’s Order Aiming to End Use of Private Prisons Excludes Immigrant Detention Facilities:
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-01-26/bidens-order-aiming-to-end-use-of-private-prisons-excludes-immigrant-detention-facilities?context=amp
Sex offenders both immigrant and native-born are held in all BOP private prisons, including the following:
https://www.bop.gov/about/facilities/contract_facilities.jsp
Biden is off to a decent start.
When you get a reply from FAC, Everyone seems to think the founder themselves are answering you. (Sometimes she does) You might be talking to a volunteer who, like many of us, are on the registry.
I read this order a few times in full. It specifically addresses the need to reduce “people of color” from the federal prisons. Seems to me that includes illegal aliens coming from Mexico and South America in caravans who are held in federal prisons and detention centers alike as we have seen repeatedly on the news since 2016. Just sayin.
OH yes they do. My family member was in a private prisonfor 3 yrs in Fl and he is a RSO. Theres not enough time or space to tell you the horrors of confinement, extorion, etc. We also have a family friend who conincidentally was in a federal prison for 5 yrs as a RSO. He worked, made money and if he minded his own business was safe.
Sarah there are some private prisons in Florida but not sure they are Federal. I may be wrong but if he was in the DOC, it was not federal even if private. But like I said, I have been wrong before in my life, maybe once or twice LOL :)~
Finally, a policy out of the Biden White House that I can agree with.
Call me a skeptic, but I believe this will have zero effect on SOs. I spent nearly 6 years in the FBOP for CP. None of the SOs are ever sent to private prisons because there is no programming or sex offender treatment programs in private prisons for federal inmates. The private prisons in the federal system are mostly reserved for illegal immigrants, low level drug dealers, and inmates out on writs.
Bob, you are correct. There are no sex offender programs in the private prisons the feds use. The article below is a great expose’ of the so called Sex Offender Management Program that the feds have instituted. Given that SOs are not sent to private prisons in the federal system and that Biden’s EO only affects federal prisons, this is of absolutely no help to our cause.
I agree with Bob. I want to be hopeful that this nearly meaningless gesture somehow will affect those on probation, SOR, and/or still in prison, but it’s a very pathetic attempt at reform. It “sounds” like there’ll be less locked up. Because we know that only private entities, and not our “dear government” try to make a profit . All the illegals and “low level drug offenders” will just get crammed into local jails and other government run prisons.
It’s about time.
This is wonderful news. I only worry that Florida won’t comply. The three statements listed are 100% correct here in Florida. The Florida DOC as a whole doesn’t believe in corrections. My first PO told me he believes sex offenders cannot be rehabilitated and should be locked up for life. So if this plan is actually implemented here in Florida, the quality of life for registered citizens, and especially those on probation/parole could significantly go up.
This only impacts the FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. Not State prison systems.
Unless the Florida Governor orders the same, there is nothing to comply with.
That is really disappointing. I see no way Florida will give that up.
Thanks for the clarification.
It’s true that FL DOC won’t close private facilities until their operators lose influence in Tallahassee.
The good news is that those operators’ most effective advocate has a hearing in a couple weeks regarding his drunk driving case. For the sake of Floridians everywhere, I hope this and subsequent hearings go poorly for him.