1/5 Last week, @TheDay1Alliance sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr setting the record straight about claims made in recent letter to the AG by Senators Van Hollen & Booker. Read here: day1alliance.org/resource/day-1…
2/5 First, federal contractor-operated facilities are reserved almost exclusively for criminal aliens who will be deported upon completion of their sentences. This is part of the Criminal Alien Requirement (CAR) Program created by Congress in the 1990s. 
3/5 For context, contractor-operated facilities house just 9% (~16k) of the approx 177k individuals in current federal prison population- nearly all criminal aliens. Just 700 US citizens are housed in contractor-operated federal facilities- 0.4% of total federal prison population
4/5 Data from 2016 DOJ OIG report cited by Sens Van Hollen & Booker actually showed that contractor-operated facilities are at least as equally safe, secure & humane as BOP-operated institutions & experienced lower rates of inmate deaths & other incidents.
5/5 According to federal Bureau of Prisons data, the average daily savings from utilizing contractor-operated facilities for federal CAR program is $25.83 per inmate per day-- saving the US taxpayer approximately $413,000 per day, or $150 million per year.
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