End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2025
The End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2025 would phase out private, for-profit contracting for federal correctional facilities and community confinement facilities. It creates a clear timeline: after six years, core correctional services at federal facilities used by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) or the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) would be performed by federal government employees, with a narrow exception for USMS to contract with state or local facilities if those facilities’ core services are performed by state/local staff and meet applicable standards. After eight years, no contracts with for-profit entities may provide or manage federal community confinement facilities. The bill also adds requirements on transition planning, reporting, research on reducing recidivism, inspections of USMS facilities, and enhanced information and counseling for prisoners being released. In short, the bill aims to remove private operators from federal prisons and related programs, directing the federal workforce to take over core operations and increasing oversight, transparency, and rehabilitative supports around release and reintegration.
Key Points
- 1End contracting for core correctional services at federal facilities within six years, with core functions to be performed by federal employees; limited exception allowing USMS to contract with state/local facilities if standards and staffing meet requirements.
- 2Prohibit for-profit contracting for federal community confinement facilities beginning eight years after enactment; no new private contracts or ongoing private management of these facilities.
- 3Transition provisions require phasing out existing Bureau of Prisons and USMS contracts for core correctional services and phasing out BOP contracts for community confinement facilities.
- 4Expanded oversight and reporting: the Attorney General must provide regular reports on the prison population (including race, gender, age, nationality, and facility locations) every two years; the AG must also conduct and report on research into programs and policies that reduce recidivism and develop guidelines for community confinement facilities; the guidelines must be tracked in contracts and implementation.
- 5Enhanced release-related duties: the Attorney General and Bureau of Prisons must ensure released prisoners receive information and counseling about expungement options, employment programs, rehabilitation opportunities, and post-release services, including details on fines, restitution, and related obligations.