November 22, 2024
Immigrant detainees have asked a Colorado federal judge to allow them to show jurors the inside of a detention facility near Denver run by private prison company Geo Group, arguing that a tour is the best way for jurors to understand key issues in a human trafficking class action involving $1-a-day wages.
January 28, 2022
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.
February 27, 2017
A Colorado federal judge on Monday granted class certification to tens of thousands of immigrant detainees in their suit accusing a privately owned detention facility of forcing them to clean the facility for no pay and grossly underpaying them for work programs, saying the detainees had enough in common to meet the requirements.
June 02, 2016
The owner of a private detention center in Colorado has fired back at a bid for class certification in a suit filed by immigrant detainees alleging they were forced to work for little or no pay, saying the two proposed classes fall "woefully short" of the necessary requirements.
October 22, 2015
The owner of a private detention center in Colorado accused of forcing immigrant detainees to work for little or no pay urged a federal judge Wednesday to allow it to immediately appeal to the Tenth Circuit his refusal to toss the case, saying such an appeal might help resolve the case more efficiently.
August 27, 2015
A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid by the owner of a private detention center accused of forcing immigration detainees to work for little or no pay to reconsider denying its motion to dismiss under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, saying the company was just trying to revisit old issues.
August 05, 2015
The owner of a private detention center in Colorado accused of forcing immigration detainees to work for little or no pay asked a Colorado federal judge Tuesday to reconsider denying its motion to dismiss under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, saying the statute doesn't apply to the alleged conduct.
July 08, 2015
A federal judge has ruled the owner of a private detention center in Colorado must face a potential class action alleging it violated federal law by forcing immigrant detainees to work for little or no pay.