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PRISON PRIVATIZATION
CCPOA 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.
Congressman Holden also
introduced
H.R. 1890.
This
legislation
would
prohibit federal funds to be used by local and state governments for
prison privatization.
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