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Title: Biden plans to limit private prisons and transfer of military equipment to police
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URL Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bide ... ice_n_601017aec5b634dc37385e66
Published: Jan 26, 2021
Author: Sarah N. Lynch, Trevor Hunnicutt
Post Date: 2021-01-26 14:42:46 by BTP Holdings
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Views: 343
Comments: 12

Biden plans to limit private prisons and transfer of military equipment to police

By Sarah N. Lynch, Trevor Hunnicutt

January 26, 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is poised to issue executive actions as soon as Tuesday scaling back the use of private prisons and placing new limits on the transfer of military equipment to local law enforcement, according to a person familiar with the matter and a planning document.

The executive actions are part of a broader push by the new administration to roll back controversial policies by Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump, promote criminal justice reform and address racial inequity across the United States.

Representatives of the White House and the Justice Department did not respond to requests for comment.

Some of the Biden administration’s actions will reinstate policies at the Justice Department that were in effect during the administration of former President Barack Obama, according to the planning document circulated to congressional Democrats by the White House.

Following the fatal police shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, Obama curtailed the federal government’s military equipment transfer program to local law enforcement amid a public outcry over its use.

The Obama-era policy placed limits on the types of equipment police departments could receive, and required them to justify the need for items like helicopters, riot helmets and “flash-bang” grenades.

The move to reduce the use of private prisons is also an Obama-era policy that was championed by then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.

The United States was rocked by street protests in 2020 over the killings of Black men and women by police, including George Floyd in Minneapolis in May.

Floyd’s death has helped spark renewed calls for reforms to address systemic racism, both in how Black communities are policed and incarcerated.

Other potential executive actions in the works include reforms targeting prosecutorial decisions and sentencing, as well as policies involving voting and other civil rights laws.

The document seen by Reuters did not have details on those, saying they were “TBD” (to be determined).

However, Biden has previously pledged to scale back the use of mandatory minimum sentences - a policy that was also imposed by the Obama administration, but later undone after Trump took office.

Activists have also pushed for ending the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.

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#1. To: BTP Holdings (#0)

Ending private prisons and the police use of military has to go. Death Penalty, ending BULL SHIT: You do the crime, you pay the price, this shit of sitting in prison for 20 years is a waste of my tax money, that BTW is around $25,000 a year, if they are slam dunk guilty.

Darkwing  posted on  2021-01-26   15:00:34 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Darkwing (#1)

from the bureau of prisons

This Notice publishes the annual determination of average cost of incarceration for the Fiscal Years (FY) 2016 and 2017. The fee to cover the average cost of incarceration for Federal inmates was $34,704.12 ($94.82 per day) in FY 2016 and $36,299.25 ($99.45 per day) in FY 2017. The average annual cost to confine an inmate in a Residential Re-entry Center was $29,166.54 ($79.69 per day) for FY 2016 and $32,309.80 ($88.52 per day) for FY 2017. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Excellent site with various states' costs of incarceration: www.thetimesnews.com/article/20160503/news/160509836

Lod  posted on  2021-01-27   21:28:17 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Lod (#5)

Thanks, Loddy. I knew the numbers were wrong.

Esso  posted on  2021-01-27   21:51:01 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#8. To: Esso (#6)

Any "thing" that seems off, to me, I anally have to verify for myself.

Lod  posted on  2021-01-27 22:05:23 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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