“If you wanted to reduce the number of people in prisons - whether prisoners or staff - who get sick and die of COVID, the most effective thing you could do is cut the numbers (of inmates),” said David Fathi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project.
COVID rate in Wisconsin prisons five times higher than state
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David Fathi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project, noted that the order does not end the federal government’s reliance on privately-run immigration detention centers.
Biden orders Justice Dept. to end use of private prisons
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