NJ lawmakers eye new taxes for private prisons that critics call ‘plainly illegal’

Measure would levy fees on private prisons based on their number of detainees and contract values and impose a new corporate tax surcharge.

By: Nikita Biryukov

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: March 20, 2026

Words: 876

Last Updated: 1 day, 2 hours ago

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An Assembly panel approved legislation that would levy three new taxes on private prisons operating in New Jersey in a party-line vote Thursday.

The bill, which cleared the Assembly’s public safety committee in a 4-2 vote, would impose a fee based on the value of a private prison’s contract with a government entity, create a monthly per-inmate fee, and subject private prisons to a new corporate tax surcharge in what a sponsor …

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