March 11, 2021
The Ninth Circuit will allow a U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement private prison contractor to appeal certification of a class of immigrant detainees who claimed they were forced to clean detention facilities without proper pay under law.
June 05, 2020
Detained immigrants accusing CoreCivic Inc. of violating labor laws have urged a California federal judge to reject the private prison giant's bid to overturn their class certification order, arguing that the company is trying to rehash old arguments that the court has already rejected.
April 02, 2020
A group of detained immigrants accusing private prison giant CoreCivic Inc. of violating labor laws won partial class certification after a California federal judge ruled they had shown they were forced to work under threat of discipline.
April 16, 2019
A group of immigrant detainees held in facilities run by private prison giant CoreCivic Inc. asked a California federal court Monday to divide them into state and nationwide classes, as they move forward with their claims that the corrections company illegally forced them to work for cents on the hour and withheld basic necessities.
May 15, 2018
A California federal judge on Monday declined to toss a putative class action filed by immigrants who allege that their wages were stolen by the owner of a privately run detention facility, but did pare back some of the wage allegations.