Citizens Financial parts ways with 2 ICE-related prison operators

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PROTESTERS GATHER outside the Citizens Bank branch at 120 Waterman St. in Providence on March 7 as part of a regional campaign organized by the De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition targeting the bank’s ties to private prison operators contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Citizen’s Financial Group Inc., parent company of Citizen’s Bank is divesting from a pair of private prison companies that contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the company announced Friday. / COURTESY DE‑ICE CITIZENS BANK COALITION

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc., parent company of Citizens Bank, is divesting from a pair of private prison companies that contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizens announced Friday.  The GEO Group has been a Citizens Financial Group client since 2018 and CoreCivic since 2011. Citizens said in its statement that the federal

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