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State of Washington v. The GEO Group Inc

  1. June 02, 2021

    GEO Exploited Detainees To Run Large ICE Site, AG Tells Jury

    Private prison giant GEO Group kept a large U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-contracted immigration holding site running by hiring detainees to cook meals and wash clothes for just $1 per day, a lawyer for the Washington attorney general told jurors at the start of trial on Wednesday.

  2. May 27, 2021

    ICE Detention Co. Can't Limit Claims In $1 Daily Wages Trial

    Private prison giant GEO Group Inc. can't invoke a Washington wage law's three-year statute of limitations to limit the state's case in a jury trial on allegations that it paid $1-a-day wages to immigrant detainees, a federal judge held Wednesday.

  3. March 31, 2021

    GEO Group Fights Zoom Trial Over Detainees' $1 Daily Wages

    Private prison giant GEO Group Inc. fought back against having to mount a virtual defense against allegations of paying $1-a-day wages to immigrant detainees, telling a Washington state federal judge that issues of procedural fairness will "hang heavy over the trial."

  4. March 16, 2021

    ICE Contractor Trial Over Dollar-A-Day Wages Set For June

    Private prison giant GEO Group must face a June virtual trial on class and government claims it paid abominably low wages to detained immigrant workers, a Washington federal court ruled Tuesday, saying that despite GEO's objections, trial backlogs necessitate getting the show on the road.

  5. December 21, 2020

    ICE Contractor Opposes Zoom Trial In Wash. Wage Suit

    A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractor is resisting the prospect of a remote trial in a wage suit brought by the state of Washington, claiming that such a scenario would violate both parties' constitutional rights to a fair day in court.

  6. October 07, 2019

    Wash. Says ICE Contractor Not Exempt From Wage Law

    The state of Washington urged a federal judge to stick with his original ruling not to toss its wage suit against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractor, saying private companies must pay minimum wages regardless of whom they are doing business with.

  7. September 25, 2019

    Wash. Judge Looks To Toss Wage Suit Against ICE Contractor

    A federal judge intends to toss Washington state's lawsuit accusing a contractor of violating state minimum wage laws by paying detained immigrants only $1 per day, saying that making the company pay higher wages would amount to discrimination against the federal government.

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