The Justice Department is ending its use of private prisons and the country's largest one is tanking on the stock market

Noah Friedman

Aug 19, 2016, 5:26 AM

On August 18, the Department of Justice announced the end of private prisons after they were reported to be less safe and less effective than government-run prisons.

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