Immigration security

PRIVATE PRISONS ARE REALLY BAD, BUT GOOD ENOUGH FOR IMMIGRANTS, CONCLUDES HOMELAND SECURITY REPORT

PRIVATE IMMIGRATION DETENTION facilities may be bad — but they’re probably not going anywhere.

That, in essence, was the conclusion of a much-anticipated review of the Department of Homeland Security’s reliance on private companies to detain an immigrant detainee population that’s reaching historic highs, which the president-elect is promising to escalate to even greater levels.

The report, produced by a panel of law enforcement, national security, and military experts, was commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security on the heels of a similar review by the Department of Justice in August. In that report, the DOJ found that private prisons “simply do not provide the same level of correctional services, programs, and resources,” “do not save substantially on costs,” and “do not maintain the same level of safety and security” as facilities operated by the Bureau of Prisons.