cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/46104142

While most major banks have cut ties with CoreCivic and The GEO Group, Citizens Bank is deepening its financial support for these companies, which are already holding more than half of the immigrants currently in ICE detention across the country.

Even as it publicly touts its commitment to “strengthening our communities,” Citizens Bank has played a key role in helping GEO and CoreCivic access more than $2.5 billion in financing, some of it approved earlier this year. This comes as the companies face a mountain of allegations, including forced labor and wrongful deaths due to understaffing and medical neglect at their facilities.

Join the De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition and thousands of people across the country on June 6 to raise the volume on calls for the bank to stop lending to for-profit ICE prison companies. Organizers, you can get the details and a toolkit with background information, handouts, a press release and more here.