'Corporations must be held accountable': California bill targeting private ICE prisons becomes law
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a first-in-the-nation piece of legislation that’s being celebrated by immigrant rights advocates as a huge step in holding private prison profiteers, including companies that jail thousand'Corporations must be held accountable': California bill targeting private ICE prisons becomes law
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a first-in-the-nation piece of legislation that’s being celebrated by immigrant rights advocates as a huge step in holding private prison profiteers, including companies that jail thousands of immigrants for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), more directly accountable for abuses on their watch. “Assembly Bill 3228 allows people to sue private detention facility operators for failing to comply with the standards of care outlined in the facility’s contract,” the Los Angeles Times reports. While detained and formerly detained people and their families have launched countless lawsuits against the federal government over abuses committed against them while in immigration custody, it’s more difficult to do the same when it comes to private prison profiteers, which “operate under a subpar inspection and compliance scheme,” Human Rights Watch said in supporting Democratic Assembly member Rob Bonta’s legislation. Read more