Executive Order 14006

Executive Order 14006

Reforming Our Incarceration System to Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities
President Biden signs a series of Executive Orders amongst which was Executive Order 14006 shortly after his inauguration on January 20, 2021.
Type	Executive order
Number	14006
President	Joe Biden
Signed	January 26, 2021 (2021-01-26)
Federal Register details
Federal Register document number	2021-02070
Publication date	January 26, 2021
Summary
Requires that the Department of Justice does not renew contracts with privately-operated prisons.

Executive Order 14006, officially titled Reforming Our Incarceration System to Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities, is an executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on January 26, 2021. ^{[1] [2]} Under this order, Department of Justice would not renew any existing contracts with privately operated prisons. This order was rescinded as a part of U.S. President Donald Trump's "Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions" executive order on January 20, 2025. ^[3]

Effects

It aimed to gradually abolish the US government's reliance on privately operated detention facilities as they tend to not have the same level of safety as state-owned ones. ^[4]

See also

• Incarceration in the United States#Privatization
• List of executive actions by Joe Biden
• Prison–industrial complex

References

1. "Reforming Our Incarceration System To Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities". Federal Register. 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
2. "Executive Order 14006—Reforming Our Incarceration System To Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
3. "INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS". White House . 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
4. "Executive Order 14006—Reforming Our Incarceration System To Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities" (PDF). United States Government Publishing Office . January 26, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.