Private Prisons

Judge to lawyer: "Delete tweets about private prison"

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffery Frensley issued the order last week in response to an argument from Tennessee-based CoreCivic that the public posts put the company's right to a fair trial at risk

Jury: GEO Group owes immigrant detainees $17M in back pay

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"Immigrants held in GEO's for-profit facilities are not criminals and should not be beholden to enriching the corporation's bottom line," said an attorney

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Federal jury: Immigrant detainees at Wash. for-profit facility are owed minimum wage

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The jury will now consider how much back pay is owed — an amount expected to run into the millions

Court blocks Calif. from banning privately run US immigration detention centers

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Other states have passed similar measures, including Illinois, Nevada, New York and Washington

Calif. private prison looks to remain open despite Biden order

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The ACLU urges the White House "to defeat these blatant efforts to strip the Executive Order of any meaningful impact"

Pa. county COs considering strike after another colleague attacked

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Understaffing has meant that some employees are doing the work of three or four people, union leadership said

White House urged to shutter privately run Kansas prison

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A 10-page letter emailed Thursday to a White House office and local officials details stabbings, suicides, a homicide and inmate rights violations

As New Mexico regains control of some private prisons, questions remain

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Some lawmakers argue that closing the private prisons altogether would be a better option

Jury to decide if immigration detainees should get minimum wage

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Jury selection is underway in a trial to determine whether GEO Group must pay minimum wage to detainees at its Wash. state immigration detention center