Private Prisons

The 2019 state law would have phased out privately run immigration jails in California by 2028

The story got national attention after a judge ordered the plaintiff's attorney to stop tweeting about it

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jim Zeigler has criticized the plan to lease two new privately run men's prisons as a poor use of taxpayer dollars

The underwriter pulled out following criticism that it was breaking a promise not to get involved in for-profit prisons