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In December 2022, Congress approved the The Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act after a decades-long fight to make prison communications more affordable.[1] It has since been signed into law.[2] Named for a woman…
Resilience Force’s Saket Soni, and other allied investors and stakeholders helped lead a March 31 briefing and strategy session, “Climate Resilience and Risk” on workers’ rights and climate disasters. Resilience Force organizer LaTanja Sylvester shared with investors, “These…
The State of Massachusetts is suing private-equity-owned Aspen Dental Management for deceptive practices, alleging that the company has “has cheated thousands of Massachusetts consumers through a series of bait and switch dental advertising campaigns in a variety of media,…
In light of the growing investor interest in health care and the risks associated with private equity ownership of health care companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project will be tracking private equity-backed health care acquisitions. Below is a list…
Data released by the US Small Business Administration on its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) reveals that large private equity-owned dental services company Aspen Dental Management received PPP loans. The PPP program was created to provide relief to small businesses…
Data released by the US Small Business Administration on its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) reveals that large private equity-owned dental services company Aspen Dental Management received PPP loans. The PPP program was created to provide relief to small businesses…
The COVID-19 pandemic poses an unprecedented risk for people who are incarcerated or detained. Prisons and jails are breeding grounds for infection as people are crowded into tight quarters and forced to share cells and showers, making social distancing impossible…
American Securities’ GTL, the largest correctional telephone and communications provider, has faced scrutiny for exorbitant phone and video-calling rates, flaunting legal protections, allegedly bribing government officials, and growing regulatory risk. Full report available here. Key Points: American Securities’ ownership…
Investments by private equity firms in the health care industry have surged in recent years and continue to grow. In 2018, the value of private equity deals in health care reached a record-breaking $31 billion for 388 transactions. Globally, health…
Investments by private equity firms in the health care industry have surged in recent years and continue to grow. In 2018, the value of private equity deals in health care reached a record-breaking $31 billion for 388 transactions. Globally, health…
On February 5, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, along with the Corrections Accountability Project, Color of Change, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE) sent letters to…
Earlier today, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) released a report “Private Prisons and Investment Risks, Part Two: How Private Prison Companies Fuel Mass Incarceration—and How Public Pension Funds Are at Risk,” which looks at investment risk for pension…
