Attorney General Jeff Sessions signaled his support Thursday for the federal government to continue to use private prisons, rescinding a memo under President Obama meant to phase out their use. Sessions issued a new memo to replace the one issued last August by former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates. The previous memo told the the Bureau of Prisons to begin reducing, and ultimately end its use of privately run prisons. The private prison industry has been a major contributor to Republican political campaigns, particularly in recent years. "I do think we can do a lot of privatizations and private prisons.

Source: Fox News February 23, 2017 22:07 UTC