Immigration

DHS to review privatized immigration detention centers

By Kelly Cohen
Published August 29, 2016 7:16pm ET
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DHS to review privatized immigration detention centers
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said Homeland Security Advisory Council Chairman Judge William Webster will lead the federal review, along with a committee that will determine if the private immigration detention facilities will be terminated as a whole. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback) | Kate Brumback

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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