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Supreme Court rules against private prison firm facing forced-work suit from immigration detainees
The Supreme Court’s denial allows a forced-labor class action by detainees alleging $1-a-day work at GEO’s Aurora center to proceed, marking a procedural setback for GEO Group.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined GEO Group’s request for an immediate appeal of a lower-court ruling allowing a forced-labor lawsuit to proceed.
- Claiming `derivative sovereign immunity,` GEO Group sought immediate review as a government contractor in a dispute originating from a 2014 class-action by Aurora processing center detainees.
- Plaintiffs allege detainees were compelled to work and punished for refusal, some paid $1 a day or nothing, with GEO Group operating about 77,000 beds at 98 facilities.
- The decision leaves the suit active in lower courts rather than granting immediate review, creating a procedural setback for GEO and keeping claims unresolved.
- Because GEO contracts with federal immigration detention programs, the case could spur scrutiny of private prison contracting and detainee labor practices, with a Washington case yielding over $23 million.
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Supreme Court rules against private prison firm facing forced-work suit from immigration detainees
The Supreme Court has ruled against a private prison company facing a lawsuit alleging immigration detainees were forced to work and paid only $1 a day.
·United States
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