➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: End of Private Prison Contracts Won’t Affect Most Immigration Detainees (Includes audio)
Public News Service – August 19, 2016
The U.S. Justice Department will be ending its contracts with private prisons, but watchdog groups point out that Homeland Security will continue to use them for immigration detainees. Privately run immigration detention facilities include two family detention centers in Texas, holding up to 2,500 mothers and children.
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-08-19/immigrant-issues/end-of-private-prison-contracts-won/a53645-1