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Ugochukwu Nwauzor, et al v. The GEO Group, Inc.

  1. May 08, 2025

    Listen: Prison Wages Debate Evolving With Petitions Pending

    The debate regarding whether incarcerated people who perform work are employees and thus entitled to federal wage and hour protections is set to continue to develop. Listen to Law360 Explores: Subminimum Wage Part 2.

  2. March 21, 2025

    Gov't Backs GEO To Have Full 9th Circ. Mull $23.2M Wage Row

    A Ninth Circuit panel disregarded Congress' wishes when it ordered the GEO Group to pay $23.2 million because it needed to pay detainees in a work program under Washington state's minimum wage, the government said, backing the company's bid for rehearing.

  3. February 07, 2025

    GEO Group Urges Full 9th Circ. To Weigh $23.2M Wage Case

    A Ninth Circuit panel decision holding GEO Group to Washington state's minimum wage standards discriminated against the federal government, the private prison giant argued, urging the full court to mull a case that has the company on the hook for $23.2 million.

  4. January 16, 2025

    9th Circ. Affirms $23.2M Judgment In ICE Detainee Wage Trial

    A split Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday upheld a $23.2 million district court judgment in favor of a class of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees and Washington state, ruling that the GEO Group isn't immune from paying the detainees the state minimum wage for their involvement in a work program.

  5. December 06, 2024

    GEO Tells 9th Circ. Recent Ruling Backs It In Wage Fight

    Private prison contractor The GEO Group Inc. told the Ninth Circuit on Friday that a recent ruling in the same court underscores its assertion that only the federal government can say whether a minimum wage must be paid to detained immigrants participating in a voluntary work program in Tacoma, Washington. 

  6. April 10, 2024

    Fed. Supremacy Stance Seen As Weak In Detainee Wage Row

    The U.S. Department of Justice's argument for federal supremacy as grounds to deny immigrant detainees minimum wage in the workers' fray with detention operator GEO Group doesn't hold up to scrutiny, attorneys say, in a case that has helped shine a light on employee rights for those behind bars.

  7. March 25, 2024

    DOJ Slammed For Backing GEO Group In Detainee Wage Fight

    A group of immigrant detainees has urged the Ninth Circuit to reject the federal government's stance that a privately run detention center in Tacoma is exempt from Washington's minimum wage, saying the United States has failed to point to any conflicting federal laws.

  8. February 23, 2024

    Feds Back ICE Contractor In 9th Circ. Detainee Wage Fight

    The federal government told the Ninth Circuit that immigrant detainees at contractor-run facilities aren't covered by state labor laws, backing GEO Group Inc.'s effort to overturn $23.2 million in judgments that found a detainee work program violated Washington's minimum wage law.

  9. December 21, 2023

    GEO Detainees Entitled to Minimum Wage, Wash. Justices Say

    The Washington Supreme Court said Thursday that civil detainees confined to a privately run facility and working while behind bars are considered employees and entitled to the state minimum wage — a decision that will likely ripple across other cases on the same issue.

  10. March 07, 2023

    9th Circ. Asks Wash. High Court To Decide Wage Question

    The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday asked Washington's highest court to clarify whether the state's minimum wage law applied to immigrant detainees in a GEO Group facility, calling it a "determinative" issue in GEO's bid to overturn a $23.2 million judgment.

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