From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): WE WON! In no small part due to the pressure of MomsRising members and over 100 organizations who are part of the #FamiliesBelongTogether Corporate Accountability Committee, Bank of America just announced they will no longer fund … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/28/goptaxscam-equals-big-win-investors-mass-incarceration Because private prisons are classified as “real estate investment trusts,” investors will get a major tax cut thanks to the Republican tax law Published on Thursday, December 28, 2017 by Common Dreams By Julia Conley, staff writer … Continued
Huffington Post 09/20/2017 06:56 pm ET Updated 4 days ago Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said that GEO Group should pay minimum wage to detainees who work inside its center. By Elise Foley The state of Washington sued a private prison … Continued
One of Pennsylvania’s two for-profit prisons — for now. Photo via Philly.com. By Matt Stroud, ACLU-PA Criminal Justice Researcher With Pennsylvania’s troubling record of sending more kids to prison for life than any other state; of shielding body camera footage … Continued