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Supreme Court to hear private prison company appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1-a-day wages
- The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from GEO Group regarding a lawsuit over $1-a-day wages for immigration detainees in Colorado.
- A lower court allowed the lawsuit to continue, stating that detainees performed unpaid work and needed to supplement their meals with low wages.
- GEO Group claims that these lawsuits challenge federal immigration policy and that its payment rates comply with regulations.
- Attorneys for the migrants argue that the lawsuit addresses the unfair payment for their work and insufficient contract requirements.
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Supreme Court to hear private prison company appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1-a-day wages
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees were forced to work and paid a $1 a day in Colorado.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a lawsuit against GEO Group, a private company operating immigration detention centers, accused of forcing detainees to perform jobs for minimal remuneration and under threats of solitary confinement. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2014, alleges that GEO violated federal anti-trafficking laws by coercing detainees to perform clean-up and maintenance tasks for just one dollar a day. The plaintiffs arg…
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit accusing it of having detained immigrants forced to work in exchange for a salary of one dollar a day.
Supreme Court to hear private prison company appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1-a-day wages – UK Times
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees were forced to work and paid a $1 a day in Colorado. The GEO Group appealed to the high court after a judge refused to toss out the 201…
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