February 21, 2023
Momentum is building around the wage rights of incarcerated workers. Here Law360 explores three recent decisions on whether such workers should be considered employees.
January 04, 2023
The Ninth Circuit paused its mandate upholding class certification for immigrant detainees who alleged forced labor and inadequate pay at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-contracted detention facilities, pending a U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether to take up the case.
December 21, 2022
CoreCivic Inc. has lost its bid to challenge a Ninth Circuit decision upholding class certifications for immigrant detainees accusing the federal contractor of forced labor and inadequate pay, with the circuit judges rejecting the company's request for rehearing.
June 03, 2022
A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday upheld three class certifications in an action brought by immigrant detainees who said they were forced to work against their will and without adequate pay while in private U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-contracted detention facilities.
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.