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Students Fight School for Contracting with Prison Shareholder

Ithaca College students yesterday won a limited victory after staging a 34-hour sit-in to protest the university’s contract with Sodexho Marriott, the campus food contractor. Dozens of students occupied the Office of Admissions building to protest the corporation’s links to privatized prisons. Sodexho Marriott’s parent company, Sodexho Alliance, is a major shareholder in Corrections Corporation of America. [includes rush transcript]

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