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Supervisor Campos urges board to back bill banning private, for‑profit immigration detention
Summary
Supervisor David Campos introduced a resolution supporting state legislation (SB 1289) to prohibit private, for‑profit companies from operating immigration detention facilities and to create enforceable standards for detainee health and safety.
Supervisor David Campos asked the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 6 to support state legislation he described as SB 1289, which would prohibit private, for‑profit companies from operating immigration detention facilities in California and would require enforceable protections for detainees.
Campos said the bill, authored by state Sen. Ricardo Lara, would create legally enforceable standards for conditions in immigration detention and increase accountability for facilities currently operated by private prison companies. “Privatization is driving over incarceration with corporations fighting to detain more people so that they can actually maximize their profits,” Campos said.
He cited deaths in detention dating to 2003 and said private companies such as CCA and GEO Group have lobbied to expand immigration detention capacity. Campos said SB 1289 would end certain uses of solitary confinement, expand protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer detainees and give detainees legal recourse for inhumane conditions.
Campos asked the board to place the city on record in support of the bill and thanked Supervisors Avalos, Kim, Peskin and Mar for co‑sponsoring the board resolution. The meeting transcript records the resolution’s introduction; no recorded board vote on the city resolution occurred during the Sept. 6 session.
