New York, NY, August 5, 2025 –  Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Adasina Social Capital and FreeCap Financial today released their Q2 investor risk briefs, detailing growing financial liabilities for shareholders of GEO Group and CoreCivic. These reports highlight recent facility closures, heightened scrutiny from regulators, and new and recently decided lawsuits regarding understaffing, medical negligence, and sexual assault. The new briefs were published ahead of GEO Group and CoreCivic’s Q2 earnings calls, respectively scheduled for August 6 and 7. 

The Q2 briefs are the latest in a new series of investor resources created to inform shareholders on financial risks often buried in or omitted from these companies’ quarterly earnings reports. 

Timely examples cited in the briefs include:

• The United Kingdom’s investigations into Barclays and HSBC over passive investments in CoreCivic through index funds, alleged to violate the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s human rights guidelines;
• GEO Group’s recent closure of a New Mexico facility after unsuccessful attempts to sell;
• CoreCivic’s recent petition before a federal court, requesting more time to reach a settlement in a major class action lawsuit regarding wage and labor violations of its employees;
• Growing local opposition to private prison facilities, including victories in a lawsuit filed by the city of Leavenworth, KS.

“GEO Group and CoreCivic have touted the presumed upside of immigration detention expansion with premature payouts for executives,” said Anthony Enriquez, Vice President of U.S. Advocacy and Litigation at RFK Human Rights. “But closer analysis reveals that these companies continue to face uncertain financial futures due to public opposition, costly health and safety investigations, and a constant stream of lawsuits regarding inhumane conditions.”

“A temporary windfall doesn’t offset the long-term legal, financial, and reputational risks of investing in these companies – nor does it justify profit at the expense of human suffering,” added Medha Raman, Dale and James J. Pinto Fellow at RFK Human Rights. 

“Instead of putting their money towards risky and ethically questionable private prison companies, investors should consider financial products that screen out private prisons,” said Tanay Tatum-Edwards, Founder of FreeCap Financial, Inc. “Businesses that rely on increased incarceration rates to grow are not sustainable in the long run.”

“Private prisons are bad bets – CoreCivic and GEO Group carry heavy social justice risk that no long-term investor can afford to ignore,” said Kevin O’Neal-Smith, Director of Impact at Adasina Social Capital.

The Q3 investor risk briefs from RFK Human Rights, Adasina, and FreeCap will be published in fall 2025 prior to the Q3 earnings calls of GEO Group and CoreCivic.

About Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

Working alongside grassroots partners in the U.S. and around the world, our teams of lawyers confront systemic problems through litigation and advocacy aimed at structural change. The U.S. Advocacy and Litigation team regularly represents people subjected to abuse in privately owned and operated immigration detention facilities. The team conducts “Know Your Rights” trainings for detained individuals; files federal lawsuits and civil rights complaints to stop medical neglect, physical and sexual abuse, and denial of due process at ICE jails; and advocates for public accountability through independent reports and media coverage.