Category Archives: Homeland Security

Federal judge rules GEO Group — which runs an ICE detention center in Aurora — can’t be shielded from class-action lawsuit

Federal judge rules GEO Group — which runs an ICE detention center in Aurora — can’t be shielded from class-action lawsuit By Tony Gorman · Oct. 19, 2022, 5:03 pm Hart… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Sheriffs Offered Caribbean Cruises and Florida Retreats as Part of Jail Telecom Contracts

Sheriffs Offered Caribbean Cruises and Florida Retreats as Part of Jail Telecom Contracts Smart Communications, a for-profit Florida company that sells phone, videochat, and email-like services to prisons and jails, told… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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GEO Group Wins Legal Challenge to California Ban on Private Immigrant Prisons

GEO Group Wins Legal Challenge to California Ban on Private Immigrant Prisons Daniel Wiessner / Reuters A communal area is seen at the Adelanto immigration detention center, which is run by… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Private Prisons Are a Socially Responsible Investment, According to Bizarre Wall Street Measures

Private Prisons Are a Socially Responsible Investment, According to Bizarre Wall Street Measures Lee Fang / The Intercept The Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility operated by CoreCivic in Tutwiler, Mississippi, Aug. 16,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Five Florida Companies Make Millions Thanks to ICE Contracts

Five Florida Companies Make Millions Thanks to ICE Contracts Manuel Madrid July 5, 2019 8:00AM U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement The political price of being… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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‘Enough is enough’: Immigrants sue private prison company GEO Group over $1 a day wages

Daily Kos Attribution: AP Detained immigrants forced to work at a GEO Group facility in Washington, D.C. The caption says its during a media tour in 2019, because the prison thought… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Private immigration prisons are a wasteland of human rights abuses, and of federal dollars

Daily Kos Attribution: AFP via Getty Images “Mothers, wives and family members of detainees at the Adelanto Immigration Detention Center rally outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles on September 30,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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For-profit immigration prison fights detainee labor class action at Ninth Circuit

For-profit immigration prison fights detainee labor class action at Ninth Circuit Disciplinary and sanitation policies given the green light by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of its contract with private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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A year after Biden’s executive order on private prisons, business is still booming

NewsletterSign In California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation personnel make their way outside the Central Valley Modified Community Correctional Facility in McFarland, California. Source: Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images Politics A year after… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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A year after Biden’s executive order on private prisons, business is still booming

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation personnel make their way outside the Central Valley Modified Community Correctional Facility in McFarland, California. Source: Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images Politics A year after Biden’s executive… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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