October 19, 2023
Private prison giant CoreCivic Inc. agreed to notify detainees in the nation's largest immigration detention center of their labor rights to end allegations that detainees were forced to help run the facility, the detainees' attorneys said Thursday.
August 28, 2023
A Georgia federal judge on Friday allowed former CoreCivic Inc. immigrant detainees to pursue their claim alleging the private prison giant unjustly enriched itself by forcing detainees to work in a voluntary work program, rejecting CoreCivic's contention that no contract with the detainees existed.
August 10, 2020
Immigrant detainees who are suing a detention center operator for allegedly forcing them to participate in a voluntary work program urged a Georgia federal court to toss its counterclaim that detention costs should be deducted from damages in the suit.
April 18, 2018
A putative class of immigrants who claim their wages were stolen by the owner of a privately run detention facility in Georgia sued the company Tuesday, alleging it engaged in forced labor and violated federal and state anti-trafficking laws.