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      A woman holds a sign at a 2012 rally against private prisons

      Blueprint Offers Biden Path to Ending For-Profit Corporate Prisons

      "Over the last 40 years, the carceral system has grown into a vast network of corporations that use public-private partnerships to profit from the incarceration of our grandparents, parents, siblings, children, and other loved ones," said one campaigner.

      Julia Conley
      Feb 06, 2023

      Campaigners from two national justice advocacy groups on Monday released recommendations for the Biden administration to act on in order to fulfill the president's longtime promise to "stop corporations from profiteering off of incarceration."

      President Joe Biden "took the first step in fulfilling this commitment" shortly after taking office in January 2021 when he issued an executive order to end the U.S. Department of Justice's reliance on federal private prisons, said the two groups, Color of Change and Worth Rises.

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      Activists call for divestment from the prison industry at the Columbia Prison Divest and Coalition Against Gentrification - CAGe's action on the World Leader's Forum at Columbia University on September 26th, 2014

      'Expose the Slaveholders': Activists Disrupt For-Profit Prison Corp. Meeting

      Dream Defenders and other civil rights groups converge on GEO Group shareholder meeting

      Nadia Prupis
      Apr 29, 2015

      As the for-profit prison corporation GEO Group held its annual shareholder meeting in Boca Raton, Florida on Wednesday, human rights organizations calling for an end to incarceration converged on the company's headquarters to demand accountability and divestment from the prison industry.

      The prison-industrial complex "not only profits off the imprisonment of of America's most vulnerable, but also corrupts our system through draconian legislation and our education system," said one activist, Joshua McConnel, who joined the march organized by Dream Defenders, Prison Legal News, Grassroots Leadership, SEIU Florida, and other groups.

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      Exposed: The 'Privatizers and Profiteers' Taking Over Public Services

      New online tool from Center for Media and Democracy tracks privitization and its drastic effects on public, environmental health

      Jacob Chamberlain
      Sep 24, 2013

      An online tool launched by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) on Tuesday provides an in-depth look into the multinational corporations behind the privatization of public services across the U.S..

      CMD, the creators of ALECexposed.org--a web resource that shines a light on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its dealings with U.S. lawmakers--says the new web-tool, OutsourcingAmericaEXPOSED.org, will provide weekly "corporate profiles of America's most notorious corporations that are quietly working with state and local lawmakers to take over public services with little accountability."

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