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Federal Class-action Accuses CoreCivic of Exploiting Immigrant Detainee Labor
Loaded on Aug. 8, 2018
by Derek Gilna
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2018, page 50
Filed under:
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Prison Labor,
Class Certification,
Immigration.
Location:
Georgia.
by Derek Gilna
A federal class-action suit filed on April 17, 2018 in the Middle District of Georgia accuses private prison behemoth CoreCivic – formerly Corrections Corporation of America – of exploiting immigrant detainees who perform work in the company’s ICE detention facilities, specifically at the Stewart Detention Center in ...
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