October 18, 2024
Former detainees of a Georgia immigration detention center are asking a federal judge not to let the private prison company that owned the facility out of a lawsuit accusing it of forcing them to work for as little as $1 a day.
February 27, 2024
A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday allowed an immigration detention facility to escape a proposed class action accusing it of forcing detainees to work for as little as $1 per day after it argued it couldn't be sued under Georgia law.
May 09, 2023
A Georgia immigration detention center, its operator and two related entities filed motions to dismiss in Georgia federal court Monday, seeking to end allegations of forced labor in a proposed class action brought by former detainees.
March 13, 2023
Former immigrant detainees lodged a proposed class action against a Georgia immigration detention center and its operators whose federal contract was terminated over poor conditions, claiming they were forced to work for $1 per day to earn basic necessities.