Tag: private prisons
Judge Issues Temporary Order In Favor Of California In Private Prison Closures Over Fed. Government, GEO Group
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino issued a temporary order in favor of California over the Trump Administration and the private prison company GEO Group over the legality of the state’s January ban on for-profit prisons. Private, for-profit prison...
Radical Left Attempting to Derail ICE’s Proposed Prison Re-use Plans in McFarland and Adelanto
Gov. Newsom’s destructive prison shutdown with ICE reuse plan In October 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 32 into law, to phase out the use of private prisons. On January 1, 2020, AB 32, became law and eliminated all contracts...
Gov. Newsom’s Private Prison Shutdown Plan Will Cost Thousands of Minority Employees Their Jobs
During Governor Gavin Newsom’s inaugural address in January 2019, he vowed that he would get rid of the private prison industry in California, calling for an end of the “outrage of private prisons once and for all.” In October 2019,...
Florida Based Company Suing California For Law Ending Operation Of Private Prisons and Immigration Detention Facilities
A private detention company based in Florida is suing the State of California for signing into law Assembly Bill 32 that ends contracts with for-profit prisons. Newport Beach law firm Newmeyer and Dillion are representing the GEO Group that operates...