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GEO Group, CoreCivic Face Class Actions Alleging Prisoner ‘Slave Labor’
Loaded on April 15, 2019
by Derek Gilna
by Derek Gilna
GEO Group, the Florida-based private prison behemoth, and Tennessee corporation CoreCivic, are the targets of several lawsuits alleging that “voluntary” work programs at their facilities violate state minimum-wage laws, as well as the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, and other labor protection statutes. These lawsuits alleged …
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