Ending private prisons in California will harm prisoners and detained immigrants

Gov. Gavin Newsom made an inaugural promise to “end the outrage of private prisons,” and now is deciding whether to sign legislation that purports to follow through on that pledge.
But that legislation, Assembly Bill 32 by Assemblyman Rob Bonta, an Alameda Democrat, will not alter conditions of confinement, and it will increase threats to public safety, hamper future efforts to address future increases in the criminal population, and hurt vulnerable populations that many in Cali