Biden extended contracts to private immigration jails despite reports of ‘horrific’ conditions

Congress, federal watchdogs and advocates call for closures of facilities as DHS inspector general reports medical shortages, sanitation violations and neglect of detainees

America's private immigration detention industry is enjoying a surprise boost from the Biden administration and expecting a windfall from Donald Trump despite being skewered by watchdogs and critics for running civil detention centers with some horrific" and even lethal conditions.

As a Guardian investigation revealed on Thursday, Donald Trump's plan to deport millions of people and expand private immigration prisons to hold them during that process is already getting a multi-billion dollar head start from Joe Biden's continued tack to the right on immigration.