University of Baltimore Law Review Volume 49 Issue 3 Article 2 2020 Abolishing Private Prisons: A Constitutional and Moral Imperative Robert Craig Abolish Private Prisons,
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[email protected]. ABOLISHING PRIVATE PRISONS: A CONSTITUTIONAL AND MORAL IMPERATIVE Robert Craig* and andré douglas pond cummings+ I. INTRODUCTION President Richard Nixon declared a “War on Drugs” in 1971.1 President Ronald Reagan federalized and militarized this “war” in the * Associate Director, Abolish Private Prisons. J.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Law. I want to thank Professor dré cummings for his expertise and kindness writing this article with me. Additionally, everybody at Abolish Private Prisons, including the Board of Directors and Executive Director John Dacey, has contributed crucial insight—of course, none of this work would be possible without the generous donors who support the organization.