Tag: Private Prisons
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It’s Not Enough to End Private Prisons. We Need a World Without Prisons.
“What do we want? Divestment! When do we want it? Now!” A group of student organizers chanted these words during a 2017 protest as we called on our university to divest from private prisons. The showdown followed nearly two years of campaigning, during which we had written proposals, circulated petitions, hosted teach-ins, and organized protests—all toward the demand…
micah herskind 