The Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced that the privatized, for-profit facilities used to detain illegal immigrants will be subject to a new federal government review, with an eye toward possibly phasing them out.
The announcement comes less than two weeks after the Department of Justice announced it would not renew its its five contracts with private prisons.
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