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 |
| 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. The Department of Justice will 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 This order was rescinded as a part of U.S. President Donald Trump's "Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions" executive order on January 20, 2025.