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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 2698699" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>A landmark class-action lawsuit is accusing the <strong>for-profit prison company GEO Group of violating federal anti-slavery laws by forcing up to tens of thousands of detained immigrants to work for for free, or for as little as $1 a day.</strong> The lawsuit was first filed in 2014 and won class-action status last week. It accuses GEO Group of forcing people detained at the Denver Contract Detention Facility to <strong>work without pay to clean the facility—or face solitary confinement </strong>if they refuse. It also accuses GEO Group of breaking Colorado’s minimum wage laws by paying only $1 a day for other work carried out by prisoners inside the jail. GEO Group owns and operates the Denver detention center under a contract with ICE.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=democracynow]2017/3/6/headlines[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 2698699, member: 56035"] A landmark class-action lawsuit is accusing the [B]for-profit prison company GEO Group of violating federal anti-slavery laws by forcing up to tens of thousands of detained immigrants to work for for free, or for as little as $1 a day.[/B] The lawsuit was first filed in 2014 and won class-action status last week. It accuses GEO Group of forcing people detained at the Denver Contract Detention Facility to [B]work without pay to clean the facility—or face solitary confinement [/B]if they refuse. It also accuses GEO Group of breaking Colorado’s minimum wage laws by paying only $1 a day for other work carried out by prisoners inside the jail. GEO Group owns and operates the Denver detention center under a contract with ICE. [MEDIA=democracynow]2017/3/6/headlines[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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