As U.S. signals reversal on private prisons, Minnesota facility is back in play

Attorney General Jeff Sessions signaled Thursday his strong support for the federal government’s continued use of private prisons — reversing a late-Obama-era directive to discontinue their use.

The news, which inspired a surge in the stocks of major private prison companies, broke about one hour after Minnesota Sen. Andrew Lang, R-Olivia, announced plans for a bill that would direct the state to lease or buy Prairie Correctional Facility, a for-profit prison in Appleton, a small community in west-central Minnesota.

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