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See Fact Sheet here. A handful of private equity firms, drawing on capital from pension funds, foundations, endowments, insurance companies, and other institutional investors have invested heavily in companies providing services to prisons, jails, and detention facilities around the…
In a new, exclusive piece, the Guardian covered the recently released PESP report “PE Profits from Destroying the Atlanta Forest.” The Guardian investigation focused…
New research compiled by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project illuminates the link between private equity (PE) companies and two controversial projects in Atlanta: Cop City and Blackhall Studios. The report, “PE Profits from Destroying the Atlanta Forest,”…
Private equity firms profit from Atlanta forest destruction PESP uncovers the private equity connections to Cop City and climate activism New research compiled by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) illuminates the link between private equity (PE)…
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…
Private Equity Firms Rebrand Prison Healthcare Companies, But Care Issues Continue A new report by PESP healthcare researcher Michael Fenne focuses on healthcare company Wellpath, and regulatory risks that the company continues to take in…
As communities, public interest groups, and politicians have raised red flags about government use of facial recognition technology, private equity and venture capital investors that own companies in the industry may be exposed to financial and regulatory risk. The following…
In 2021, Warburg Pincus-owned company Allied Universal acquired G4S, a global security firm with a significant prison and detention business. On August 1, 2022, Allied Universal completed its acquisition…
A new report from the Immigrant Defense Project, Mijente, and Just Futures Law, “HART Attack: How DHS’s massive biometrics database will supercharge surveillance and threaten rights” reveals how private equity firm Veritas Capital could have access to biometric data…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) has submitted testimony for the U.S. Senate Banking Committee Economic Policy Subcommittee October 20 hearing: “Protecting Companies and Communities from Private Equity Abuse.” PESP’s written testimony for the US Senate Banking…
