Citizens Bank drops links with private prison companies, citing ‘changed commercial circumstances’

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    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/18/citizens-bank-corecivic-geo-group-debanking/",
    "title": "Citizens Bank drops links with private prison companies, citing ‘changed commercial circumstances’",
    "author": "Ken Sweet, The Associated Press",
    "excerpt": "Citizens Bank said it plans to wind down its financial relationship with two private prison companies that have been government contractors under the Trump administration to help run immigration detention centers, bowing to public pressure from advocates and left-leaning city governments. Citizens provided banking services to CoreCivic and The GEO Group, both companies that own or run private prisons throughout the country. Under President Donald Trump , both companies have been contracted by U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement to operate detention or deportation centers as part of the Trump administration crackdown on illegal immigration . The bank came under an intense public campaign for its relationship with CoreCivic and GEO who demanded that Citizens cut ties with the two companies. At least two city councils in New Jersey - Montclair and Jersey City - have voted to withdraw their money from Citizens if they did not cut ties with the private prison operators. “Today’s announcement that Citizens Bank will exit its current lending relationships with private prison giants CoreCivic and The GEO Group is an important victory for the people who refused to let a major bank finance human suffering brought on by ICE detention activities of the current federal administration,” said the De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition, in a statement. In a statement, Citizens said they were...",
    "summary": "Citizens Bank announced it will end its financial relationship with private prison company CoreCivic, which operates immigration detention centers.",
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    "published_at": "2026-07-18T14:41:43Z",
    "article_sentence": "Citizens Bank said it plans to wind down its financial relationship with two private prison companies that have been government contractors under the Trump administration to help run immigration detention centers, bowing to public pressure from advocates and left-leaning city governments.",
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