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Although the order is intended to reduce mass incarceration, it will apply to a relatively small number of prisoners. Fewer than 9 percent of the 2.3 million people incarcerated in the U.S. are being held in private prisons. Most private prisons will be unaffected by the order because they are run at the state level. The federal facilities that will be impacted house approximately 14,000 prisoners. … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Moves to End Federal Use of Private Prisons After Pledging to Reduce Mass Incarceration

“All told, only about 8 percent of prisoners in the United States are held in privately run facilities,” Pfaff continues. “At least fifteen states do not rely on private prisons at all, and even among those states that use private prisons, a majority have no more than 10 percent of their prison populations in private facilities. Mass incarceration is a public sector affair in the United States.” … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Ending Contracts with Private Prisons Holding Foreign Convicts

Under the Trump policy, a service member can be discharged based on a diagnosis of gender dysphoria if he or she is 'unable or unwilling to adhere to all applicable standards, including the standards associated with his or her biological sex, or seeks transition to another gender.'  … [Read more...] about Joe Biden signs order overturning Trump’s military transgender ban saying he is letting ‘all qualified Americans serve’ but Republican John Cornyn says move shows president isn’t interested in ‘unity’

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Lawder, who worked for the Department of Labor during the Obama era for eight years, touted in a news release that, while at Planned Parenthood he “worked to protect the last abortion clinic in Missouri, roll out new telehealth services during the pandemic and led a successful unveiling of (a) … new Fairview Heights health center.” … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Names LGBTQ Legal Advocate, Planned Parenthood Exec to Administration

Flores then commented on Biden's claims that he never believed he acted inappropriately, saying that the former vice president had behaved in similar ways on multiple occasions. "This isn't the first time, and it wasn't the only incident where he was acting inappropriately with women," she said. "If he is saying he never believed that was inappropriate, then frankly I think that's a little bit of a disconnect, and not being aware, a sense of not being aware because there has been documentation both in photos, videos, stories that were written." … [Read more...] about Joe Biden’s Accuser Says This ‘Isn’t the First Time’ After Ex-VP Says He Believes He Did Not Act Inappropriately With Woman