Commentary Senator Bernie Sanders Applauds Decision to End Federal Use of Private Prisons by Press on August 18, 2016 Press Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–August 18 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday after the Justice Department announced plans to end its use of private prisons: