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April 24, 2015

Columbia Students Launch Sit-In for Private Prison Divestment 
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Students at Columbia University in New York City are launching a sit-in
today to call for the university to divest its shares from private
prisons. The students plan to sit in outside the office of President Lee
Bollinger to call for divestment from the firms Corrections Corporation
of America and G4S.

 

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