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Statement by Secretary Jeh C. Johnson on Establishing a Review Of Privatized Immigration Detention

Release Date: August 29, 2016

For Immediate Release
DHS Press Office
Contact: 202-282-8010

On August 18, the Department of Justice announced that the Bureau of Prisons will reduce and ultimately end its use of private prisons. On Friday, I directed our Homeland Security Advisory Council, chaired by Judge William Webster, to evaluate whether the immigration detention operations conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement should move in the same direction.  Specifically, I have asked that Judge Webster establish a Subcommittee of the Council to review our current policy and practices concerning the use of private immigration detention and evaluate whether this practice should be eliminated.  I asked that the Subcommittee consider all factors concerning ICE’s detention policy and practice, including fiscal considerations.

A subcommittee of the HSAC will undertake this review, and the full HSAC will provide to me and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement its written report of its evaluation no later than November 30, 2016. 

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Last Updated: 08/07/2024
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