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California Bans Private Prisons And Immigrant Detention Centers

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning the use of private prisons and immigrant detention centers.
A guard escorts an immigrant detainee from his 'segregation cell' back into the general population at the Adelanto Detention Facility, a private detention center operated by Florida-based GEO Group. (John Moore/Getty Images)

California is moving to end the practice of allowing private companies to capitalize on mass incarceration. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Friday that bans private, for-profit prisons and immigrant detention centers in the state. The decision comes amid growing consensus around the need to end private incarceration in the

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