June 02, 2021
Private prison giant GEO Group kept a large U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-contracted immigration holding site running by hiring detainees to cook meals and wash clothes for just $1 per day, a lawyer for the Washington attorney general told jurors at the start of trial on Wednesday.
May 27, 2021
Private prison giant GEO Group Inc. can't invoke a Washington wage law's three-year statute of limitations to limit the state's case in a jury trial on allegations that it paid $1-a-day wages to immigrant detainees, a federal judge held Wednesday.
March 31, 2021
Private prison giant GEO Group Inc. fought back against having to mount a virtual defense against allegations of paying $1-a-day wages to immigrant detainees, telling a Washington state federal judge that issues of procedural fairness will "hang heavy over the trial."
March 16, 2021
Private prison giant GEO Group must face a June virtual trial on class and government claims it paid abominably low wages to detained immigrant workers, a Washington federal court ruled Tuesday, saying that despite GEO's objections, trial backlogs necessitate getting the show on the road.
December 21, 2020
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractor is resisting the prospect of a remote trial in a wage suit brought by the state of Washington, claiming that such a scenario would violate both parties' constitutional rights to a fair day in court.
October 07, 2019
The state of Washington urged a federal judge to stick with his original ruling not to toss its wage suit against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractor, saying private companies must pay minimum wages regardless of whom they are doing business with.
September 25, 2019
A federal judge intends to toss Washington state's lawsuit accusing a contractor of violating state minimum wage laws by paying detained immigrants only $1 per day, saying that making the company pay higher wages would amount to discrimination against the federal government.