2024-09-07T19:55:42-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150159547/private-prisons-including-ice-detention-centers-are-now-illegal-in-california Antonio Pacheco 2019-09-17T12:33:00-04:00 >2019-09-17T12:33:44-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/eb/eb1b7a521c454aeb9b64468db431bdda.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The recently passed <a href="http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB32" target="_blank">AB-32</a> bill in California prevents the state from "entering into or renewing&nbsp;a contract with a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150146143/under-trump-the-private-prison-business-is-booming" target="_blank">private, for-profit prison</a> to incarcerate state prison inmates, but would not prohibit the department from renewing or extending a contract to house state prison inmates in order to comply with any court-ordered population cap," according to the legislative text.&nbsp;</p> <p>Under the bill, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations will phase-out the department's existing contracts by 2028.The bill, once signed by California Governor Gavin Newson, is set to go into effect on January 1, 2020.&nbsp;</p> <p><em>The Guardian&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/12/california-private-prison-ban-immigration-ice" target="_blank">reports</a> that move would close all four of the state's Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, which are run by private prison company GEO Group. The news comes as debate within the architectural profession intensifies regarding the moral and ethical implications of designing such facilities. The <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150146143/under-trump-the-private-prison-business-is-booming" target="_blank">private prison business is booming under Pres...</a></p>