Closing Private Prisons — California’s Bold (?) Pushback on the Corporate Warehousing of People

Mark Roseman
Nov 1 · 6 min read

California has done what the federal government refuses to do: stop the incarceration of inmates for private corporate profit. With the passage of Assembly Bill (AB) 32, signed into law on October 11, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom fulfilled his January 7, 2019, inaugural address promise to fight against…

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Retired attorney, formerly incarcerated person, prison reform author, blogger, and educator

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