PRISON PRIVATIZATION

ALADS adamantly opposes the privatization of corrections and is fighting against the privatization of corrections at the federal level, and working to educate Members of Congress and expose the shortfalls of private prisons. As a matter of public safety, federal, state and local governments should be responsible for housing inmates.

H.R. 3093, the Appropriation bill for Justice for Fiscal Year 2008, passed the House Committee on the Judiciary.  Included in the bill is language prohibiting the privatization of work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Inc.  The bill would further allow
Federal employees the same appeals rights as contractors after decisions are made on public-private competitions.

Congressman Tim Holden introduced H.R. 1889 on April 17, 2007.  This legislation would require prisons and other correctional facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to do by law.  The House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing on H.R. 1889 on November 8, 2007 in Washington, D.C. 

Senator Lieberman reintroduced S. 2010, the Private Prison Information Act of 2007, as supported by ALADS.  This legislation would  require prisons and other detention facilities holding Federal prisoners or detainees under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and detention facilities are required to do by law.  For more information on prison privatization, Click Here.

H.R. 1890, introduced by Congressman Tim Holden on April 17, 2007.  This legislation would prohibit federal funds to be used by local and state governments for prison privatization.