{"data":{"id":"us-de/11-del.-c.-6593","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"11 Del. C. § 6593","heading":"Private detention facilities; conduct prohibited.","body":"(a) This State, a unit of local government, or any agency, officer, employee, or agent thereof, may not do any of the following:\n(1) Enter into an agreement for the detention of an individual in a detention facility owned, managed, or operated, in whole or part, by a private entity.\n(2) Pay, reimburse, subsidize, or defray any cost related to the sale, purchase, construction, development, ownership, management, or operation of a detention facility that is or will be owned, managed, or operated, in whole or part, by a private entity.\n(3) Receive per diem, per detainee, or any other payment related to the detention of an individual in a detention facility owned, managed, or operated, in whole or part, by a private entity.\n(4) Give any financial incentive or benefit to any private entity or person in connection with the sale, purchase, construction, development, ownership, management, or operation of a detention facility that is or will be owned, managed, or operated, in whole or part, by a private entity.\n(b) Nothing in this section prohibits this State or a unit of local government that owns, manages, or operates a detention facility from contracting with a private entity or person to provide ancillary services in that facility, such as, medical services, food service, educational services, or facility repair and maintenance.","path":["Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Prisons and Prisoners","CHAPTER 65. Department of Correction","Subchapter XI. Institutional Planning"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title11/c065/sc11/index.html#6593","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:14Z","sha256":"27b83c06fbeb9bf3d02f493b9b928ee4f9e31b5ec5a510ac8e94d43ab668b53d","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/11-del.-c.-6592","next":"us-de/11-del.-c.-6594"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}