The second largest private prison provider in the country is profiting off of immigrant detainee labor while paying them only $1 a day, or in some cases just snack food, according to a Sept. 20 lawsuit filed by the Washington state attorney general.
The lawsuit against the GEO Group Inc. (Washington v. GEO Grp., Inc., Wash. Super. Ct., No. 17-2-11422-2, complaint filed 9/20/17) is believed to be the first of its kind filed by a state attorney general. A group of immigrant detainees at a Colorado detention center also has filed a class action against GEO over the ...