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State of Washington v. The GEO Group Inc

  1. January 28, 2022

    Akerman Exiting GEO's Calif. $1-A-Day Wage Case

    Akerman LLP will cease representing GEO Group in a California class action over $1-a-day wages for ICE-detained immigrants, with the company's in-house counsel helming an upcoming trial instead, according to a source.

  2. December 14, 2021

    Washington Attys Snag $4.4M In Fees For $1-A-Day Wage Trial

    Attorneys representing Washington state in a suit accusing private prison operator giant GEO Group of paying detainees $1 a day to maintain the company's detention center will receive a $4.4 million fee, after a federal judge granted the award Tuesday.

  3. December 08, 2021

    GEO Group Can't Cut Wash. Detainees' $17M Wage Suit Award

    A Washington federal court on Wednesday refused to toss out or reduce a jury verdict requiring private prison operator GEO Group to pay $17.3 million in withheld wages to detainees who were paid $1 a day to maintain their detention center.

  4. November 12, 2021

    GEO Asks Judge To Reverse Loss In $1-A-Day Wage Trial

    The GEO Group asked a Washington federal judge Thursday to overturn a $17.3 million jury verdict in favor of a class of detainees at a major U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding site, arguing that there is no employer-employee relationship between a detention facility and detainees and state and federal minimum wage laws do not apply.

  5. November 03, 2021

    GEO Owes $6M More In Last Phase Of $1-A-Day Wage Trial

    The GEO Group was ordered Wednesday to pay $5.9 million to the state of Washington and immediately begin paying the minimum wage to detainees at a major U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding site, just days after a class of former workers won a $17.3 million jury verdict.

  6. October 31, 2021

    Detainees Win $17.3M In GEO Group $1-A-Day Wage Trial

    A Seattle federal jury awarded $17.3 million Friday to a class of immigrant detainees after finding earlier that GEO Group broke Washington law by paying just $1 per day for their help running a major ICE detention facility.

  7. October 27, 2021

    Wash. AG, Detainees Win GEO Group $1-A-Day Wage Retrial

    A federal jury sided Wednesday with Washington's attorney general and thousands of immigrant detainees who said private prison giant GEO Group broke the law by paying only $1 per day for their labor at a large ICE detention site.

  8. October 19, 2021

    GEO Group Can't Pull ICE Director Into $1-A-Day Wage Retrial

    A Washington federal judge denied GEO Group's request that he order U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement's director to testify in the middle of a retrial over its $1-a-day wages for migrant detainees at a Tacoma holding center.

  9. October 07, 2021

    GEO Group Says 9th Circ. Ruling Ends $1-A-Day Wage Retrial

    Private prison contractor GEO Group told a Washington federal court that a recent Ninth Circuit decision vindicated its practice of paying detained migrants $1 per day for work performed at its Tacoma facility, days before its retrial is due to begin.

  10. August 20, 2021

    GEO Group Not Immune From Wash. $1-A-Day Wage Suit

    GEO Group can't use its status as a federal government contractor to claim governmental immunity from the state of Washington's claims that the company's policy of paying immigrant detainees just $1 per day violates state wage laws, a Washington federal judge ruled.

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