IDA sponsoring SB 941 (Padilla), legislation to limit profiteering in ICE detention facilities by capping commissary markups in private detention facilities operating in California. SB 941 would prohibit the sale price of items offered through a facility commissary—including onsite or online stores and third-party vendor programs—from exceeding a 35% markup above vendor cost. As Senator Padilla’s office notes, every ICE detainee in California is held in a private detention facility operated by a private corporation under federal contract, and commissary vendors can set prices with little meaningful oversight. SB 941 extends California’s existing prison commissary consumer protections to private detention facilities by applying the same 35% markup limit framework.
Bill info / summary: https://sd18.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-padilla-introduces-legislation-limiting-profiteering-ice-detention-facilities
Bill text (markup cap / definitions): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB941
