Natasha Frost, mass incarceration expert and associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, explains how the Justice Department's recent directive might affect for-profit prisons at the state level and whether the DOJ could change its policy depending on how this fall’s presidential election shakes out.
The Justice Department announced on Thursday that it would begin to phase out the use of private prisons, citing safety concerns as well as their lack of rehabilitative services. We asked Natasha Frost, mass incarceration expert and associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, to explain how this directive might affect for-profit prisons at the state level and whether the DOJ could change its policy depending on how this fall’s presidential election shakes out.
