Wells Fargo

Portland Tax Dollars Supporting Private Prisons; Group Demands Divestment by Pete Shaw

Immigrants Rights, Wells Fargo /

On Tuesday October 15th about 40 people gathered outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building on NW Broadway demanding that the City of Portland divest from the for-profit prison industry, and as well that Sheriff Staton drop the ICE Hold on Oregon Dream Activist Manny Perez. The rally, organized by the Portland Private Prison […]

Portland Tax Dollars Supporting Private Prisons; Group Demands Divestment by Pete Shaw Read More »

How Private Prisons Game the Immigration System

Drug War, human rights, Immigrants Rights, Mexico, Militarization, News & Events Archives, Security/Intelligence, Wells Fargo /

The private prison industry grew quickly thanks in no small part to its close ties to politicians and its ability to take advantage of right-wing trends, starting with the privatization wave in the eighties and on to the politics of crime, terrorism and immigration.

How Private Prisons Game the Immigration System Read More »

Private Prison Companies Profit Off Laws that Define Immigrants as Criminals

human rights, Immigrants Rights, Militarization, Security/Intelligence, Wells Fargo /

How a nation uses its power to deny a person’s freedom has always been a critical measure of authoritarian rule. Massive incarceration based on race, ethnic origin or nationality, political beliefs, class, sexual orientation, age or other inherent characteristics is a form of tyranny.

Private Prison Companies Profit Off Laws that Define Immigrants as Criminals Read More »