COVID +1 State. Teacher Led Coalition: Divest Pensions from Private Prisons

Teachers in New Mexico are organizing to have their pension divest from private prison contractor investments.

Why the call for divestment?

• COVID outbreaks at facilities
• Conditions at facilities
• The facilities are costing rural areas millions, while being built promising to add economic value

Who is in the coalition? Albuquerque Teachers Federation, NEA-NM, NM AFT, Teachers Against Child Detention, Albuquerque Interfaith, Santa Fe Faith Network for Immigrant Justice, University of New Mexico law faculty, a retired federal judge, Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education and Española Public Schools Board of Education

The New Mexican | Retirees want private prisons out of pension funds