March 07, 2023
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.
October 06, 2022
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.
June 01, 2022
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.
May 31, 2022
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.
May 23, 2022
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.
March 23, 2022
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.