Ending the Prison Industrial Complex - EPIC

“This exodus comes in the wake of demands by grassroots activists — many under the banner of the coalition — shareholders, policymakers, and investors. Major banks supporting the private prisons behind mass incarceration and immigrant detention have now committed to not renew $2.4B in credit lines and term loans to industry giants GEO Group and CoreCivic.”

GEO Group Runs Out of Banks as 100% of Banking Partners Say ‘No’ to the Private Prison Sector Major banks supporting the private prisons behind mass incarceration and immigrant detention have now committed to not renew $2.4B in credit lines and term loans to industry giants GEO Group and CoreCivic.

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Why American Prisons Owe Their Cruelty to Slavery Our criminal justice system is still shaped by a fear of black people and a taste for violent punishment born on the plantation.

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“I have a duty to use my experience,” he said. “I’m justice-impacted,” he continued. “That’s how I identify. ... Going into jail, going through that experience, gave me an identity. That’s why I do what I do.”

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Grand Opening: Capitalizing on Justice at NYU
Thursday, March 14, 2019
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

NYU Gallatin Galleries
1 Washington Place New York United State

Grand Opening: Capitalizing on Justice at NYU Capitalizing on Justice will be on display at The Gallatin Galleries at NYU from March 14-28. Join us on the March 14th for the Grand Opening, featuring a panel discussion with artists Jesse Krimes and Russell Craig. This event is being hosted by The Gallatin Galleries at NYU and The NYU Colleg

After 40 years in solitary confinement, activist Albert Woodfox tells his story of survival The former Black Panther and member of the Angola 3 reflects on how he turned his cell from a place of confinement to a space for personal growth

Other funders should do the same.

JPMorgan backs away from private prison finance JPMorgan Chase & Co has decided to stop financing private operators of prisons a...