Join us at dozens of Citizens Bank branches across the region to send a clear message. Citizens Bank has chosen to finance operators of private prisons and immigration detention facilities (specifically The GEO Group and CoreCivic). Citizens Bank is complicit in the evils of the private prison industry; we want to persuade them that this is bad for business. We'll stand out on the public sidewalk in front of the bank branch at 354 Broad Street in Manchester CT. Cancellation only for severe weather. Please park nearby, e.g. in the larger shopping area down/across the street (near Ollie's), rather than parking in the bank parking lot. Please only bring signs specific to this action: Cages Aren't Communities; Citizens Bank - Stop Financing ICE Gulags; Citizens Bank + ICE = Human Rights Abuse; ICE Prisons - Bad For Communities; Citizens Bank- Divest From ICE; Your Deposits Support Private Prisons, etc. Use your imagination, but please stay on topic. Notorious private prison companies The GEO Group and CoreCivic are being called on to be part of an unprecedented expansion in capacity as part of the Trump administration's mass detention, deportation, and surveillance policies. To accommodate the planned increase in detention capacity, GEO and CoreCivic must undertake expensive construction and renovation projects. Since 2019, though, most of their lenders have cut ties with the two companies, which have faced allegations from forced labor to securities fraud.​ ​Citizens Bank has instead deepened its relationship with the private prison industry, taking on new roles in financing both CoreCivic and GEO, all while continuing to tell their customers that they're focused on strengthening our communities. We won't quietly stand by as Citizens continues to finance the private prison & ICE detention companies that are harming our communities. The 2019 exodus of banks from the industry in response to activism should be a reminder to us that our voices matter. Now it's time to use them. Visit https://www.boycottcitizens.org/ for more information. A core principle behind all of these events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events. Please do not block business entrances or traffic. All participants and cosponsors must follow our Protest Guidelines - https://www.tinyurl.com/INSLWMguidelines