Criminal Justice & the Rule of Law

Executive Actions on Policing and Criminal Justice

Victoria Gallegos
Monday, February 1, 2021, 3:41 PM

Lawfare is compiling a selection of executive actions taken by President Biden to implement his administration’s policies on policing and criminal justice.

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Lawfare is compiling a selection of executive actions taken by President Biden to implement his administration’s policies on policing and criminal justice.

This page was last updated on Feb. 1, 2021.

Executive Order: Reforming Our Incarceration System to Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities (1/26/2021)

  • This executive order articulates the Biden administration’s commitment to reforming the criminal justice system, and states the attorney general shall not renew contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities.

Victoria Gallegos is a senior at the University of Mississippi, studying international studies and Spanish. She is an intern at Lawfare.

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