As Gates Divests From UK Prisons, US Protesters Wonder

Mark Melin

Published onJune 10, 2014

Updated on May 13, 2021

As news the Gates Foundation recently divested from Britain’s G4S plc (LON:GFS) (OTCMKTS:GFSZF), the for profit owner of a truly growing business in prisons, US human rights activists wonder aloud concerning Gate’s US investments in the same type of prison management company. Is there a double standard, or were politics of who the G4S firm imprisoned more the issue?

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Why does the Gates Foundation invest in prison management?

The big question is why does the Gates Foundation invest in controversial US-based prison management?

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

As Gates Divests From UK Prisons, US Protesters Wonder

Why does the Gates Foundation invest in prison management?

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