Profiting from private prisons is like profiting from slavery as well as racism and poverty. We can no longer afford to incarcerate so many people, many of whom are people of color, single mothers, and nonviolent drug offenders. It is also completely hypocritical to think prisons can offer rehabilitation when they are profiting from filling their prisons.
Columbia will divest from the private prison industry after the board of trustees voted to support divestment.
