Prisons: Private Prisons and Imprisoning Immigration Violators

An editorial in The New York Times today summarizes the status of the administration’s decision to terminate its contracts with private prisons — or at least to study the question.  It also suggests that the administration should re-think its use of prisons to house immigration violators who are not a threat.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/05/opinion/prisons-arent-the-answer-on-immigration.html