We, the undersigned, call upon Drew Faust and the Harvard Management Corporation to divest from direct and indirect investments in private prison stock, as well as publicly commit to a moratorium on such investments in the future.

In light of President Faust’s promise to protect undocumented students, we demand that Harvard publicly renounce private prisons, which currently hold about 75%* of ICE detainees. These corporations profit off of immigrant detention as well as mass incarceration, and they lobby to perpetuate the expansion of these deeply unjust institutions. For these reasons, we petition Harvard to publicly denounce private prison investments.

*https://www.aclu.org/issues/mass-incarceration/privatization-criminal-justice/private-prisons

For more information: https://www.aclu.org/banking-bondage-private-prisons-and-mass-incarceration

To get involved: harvardprisondivest@gmail.com