I can go on if you like. You remember the constitution where it delineates federal powers. Some of those require bodies in place.
THE PARENT AGENCY FOR THE BOP IS DOJ, NOT HOMELAND SECURITY.
By the way, I support privatizing prisons and eliminating the postal service and DOE and more. But in the case of prisons, the government acts as the “state” and must pay for and oversee incarceration as determined by public courts. So $$$$ will be spent federal employees or no.
Yes, it also states that the powers of the federal government are few and limited in scope (Madison).
Some of those require bodies in place.
If it's not Constitutional, it's prohibited.
THE PARENT AGENCY FOR THE BOP IS DOJ, NOT HOMELAND SECURITY.
The DOJ itself was created under the Grant administration. Not a Constitutional entity.