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State of Washington v. The Geo Group, Inc.

  1. 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.

  2. October 06, 2022

    9th Circ. Mulls Asking Wash. Justices For Wage Law Weigh-In

    Two Ninth Circuit judges on Thursday indicated interest in hearing from the Washington Supreme Court on whether the state's minimum wage law covers detainees at a Geo Group-run immigration facility, but the company argued that input isn't necessary to overturn $23.2 million in judgments against it.

  3. June 01, 2022

    ACLU Says States Have Power Over Immigrant Detainee Pay

    The federal government's immigration powers don't supersede a state's power to enforce wage laws, the American Civil Liberties Union said when asking the Ninth Circuit to affirm that a private prison owes immigrant detainees $23.2 million in back pay.

  4. May 31, 2022

    Prison Can't Skirt Min. Wage Laws In 9th Circ. Bid, States Say

    State-level minimum wage laws would be upended if the Ninth Circuit overturns a ruling that a private prison group owes detainees $23.2 million in back pay, according to a group of 15 states backing Washington state's response to the appeal effort.

  5. May 23, 2022

    Wash. Urges 9th Circ. To Affirm Detainees' $23M Wage Win

    Washington state told the Ninth Circuit that a private prison company is attempting to hide behind federal law to justify paying immigrant detainees $1 a day for prison labor, urging the panel to uphold a lower court's finding that the workers are owed millions in back pay.

  6. March 23, 2022

    GEO Group Urges 9th Circ. To Upend Detainees' $23.2M Win

    GEO Group Inc. urged the Ninth Circuit to overturn $23.2 million in judgments that it had underpaid a Washington detention center's immigrant detainees, saying a district court had snubbed a growing legal consensus that detainees aren't covered by wage protections.