October 25, 2024

Day 1 Alliance (D1A), the trade association representing private-sector criminal justice and immigration system contractors, released the following statement to Bloomberg on the role contractors have in our country’s criminal justice system.

“The Day 1 Alliance, an industry group representing the country’s largest private detention contractors […] says the companies provide an essential service by ‘providing dignified, respectful care under multiple levels of government oversight.’

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“The industry group representing the contractors says such criticism masks broader motives. ‘The goal of the long-standing, politically motivated campaign to attack ICE’s contractors is to abolish ICE and end federal immigration detention by proxy,’ says Alexandra Wilkes, a spokesperson for the Day 1 Alliance. She says that having no ‘privately contracted detention facilities would leave a major hole in our immigration system. Those who enter the country illegally would likely be housed in overcrowded jails or released directly into communities even more than they are now.’