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Supreme Court rules against private prison firm facing forced-work suit from immigration detainees
The Supreme Court’s denial allows a forced-labor class action by detainees alleging $1-a-day work at GEO’s Aurora center to proceed, marking a procedural setback for GEO Group.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined GEO Group’s request for an immediate appeal of a lower-court ruling allowing a forced-labor lawsuit to proceed.
- Claiming `derivative sovereign immunity,` GEO Group sought immediate review as a government contractor in a dispute originating from a 2014 class-action by Aurora processing center detainees.
- Plaintiffs allege detainees were compelled to work and punished for refusal, some paid $1 a day or nothing, with GEO Group operating about 77,000 beds at 98 facilities.
- The decision leaves the suit active in lower courts rather than granting immediate review, creating a procedural setback for GEO and keeping claims unresolved.
- Because GEO contracts with federal immigration detention programs, the case could spur scrutiny of private prison contracting and detainee labor practices, with a Washington case yielding over $23 million.
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Supreme Court Won’t Halt Former Detainee’s Lawsuit Against Private Prison Contractor
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Feb. 25 that a private prison contractor will have to face a civil trial in a lawsuit alleging that immigration detainees were illegally made to work for $1 a day. The GEO Group was sued by a former detainee who claimed the company’s inmate work policies violated federal and Colorado law. The company argued it should not have to proceed to trial because its work policies were enforced under the guidanc…
Supreme Court rules against private prison firm facing forced-work suit from immigration detainees in Colorado
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a private prison company facing a lawsuit alleging immigration detainees were forced to work and paid only $1 a day in Colorado.
Supreme Court rules against firm accused of forcing Colorado immigration detainees to work for $1 a day
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a private prison company facing a lawsuit alleging immigration detainees were forced to work and paid only $1 a day in Colorado.
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