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Brief • December 10, 2018
State of WA v. GEO Group, WA, Ruling, Immigrant Detainee Wages, 2018 Case 3:17-cv-05806-RJB Document 162 Filed 12/10/18 Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 11 STATE OF WASHINGTON, Plaintiff, 12 13 v. …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Lawsuit by Washington AG Against GEO Group for Wage Violations Proceeds, Granted Class-Action Status by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In December 2017, a federal judge denied a motion by GEO Group, the private operator of the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington, to dismiss a lawsuit filed by …
Publication • December 1, 2018
Private Equity Stakeholder Project: Private Equity-Owned Firms Dominate Prison and Detention Services, Scaled Up Immigration Detention Has Benefitted Contractors, 2018 Private Equity Stakeholder Project December 2018 PRIVATE EQUITY-OWNED FIRMS DOMINATE PRISON AND DETENTION SERVICES Scaled up immigration detention has benefitted contractors, private equity owners A handful of private equity firms, …
Article • November 7, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Over-Incarceration a Worldwide Problem, Report Finds by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Earlier this year, London-based Penal Reform International and the Thailand Institute of Justice issued a report on incarceration worldwide that draws heavily on research funded by the United Nations. The 60-page report not only identifies areas of concern, …
Plascencia v. United States of America, ICE, CA, settlement, wrongful detention, 2018 Case 5:17-cv-02515-JGB-SP Document 93 Filed 10/24/18 Page 1 of 4 Page ID #:525 Case 5:17-cv-02515-JGB-SP Document 93 Filed 10/24/18 Page 2 of 4 Page ID #:526 Case 5:17-cv-02515-JGB-SP Document 93 Filed 10/24/18 Page 3 of 4 Page ID …
Florida ICE Detention Center Restricts Detainees’ Observance of Ramadan by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In the midst of Ramadan, the holiest month of the year for those of the Islamic faith, the Glades County Detention Center in Florida implemented a policy that banned some Muslim prisoners from participating in …
Filing • October 1, 2018
HRDC v. DHHS, WA, Complaint, Public Records on Family Separation, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-01442-JLR Document 1 Filed 10/01/18 Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9 10 11 THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER and MICHELLE DILLON, …
Publication • September 21, 2018
USCIS' Medical Admissibility Screening Process Needs Improvement, Office of Inspector General, 2018 USCIS’ Medical Admissibility Screening Process Needs Improvement September 21, 2018 OIG-18-78 DHS OIG HIGHLIGHTS USCIS’ Medical Admissibility Screening Process Needs Improvement September 21, 2018 Why We Did This Audit USCIS is responsible for verifying that foreign nationals applying …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Two Chicago Prisoners, Released Due to Police Misconduct, Seized by ICE by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In December 2017, Gabriel Solache and Arturo Reyes saw their confessions in a 2000 murder trial that resulted in their convictions set aside by Cook County Circuit Court Judge James M. Obbish. But …
Protesters Blockade CoreCivic Headquarters in Nashville; 19 Arrests by As dawn broke on August 6, 2018, the light shone on a group of about two dozen protesters who had blockaded the main entrance to the Nashville, Tennessee headquarters of CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America), the nation’s largest for-profit prison …
At the Federal Supermax, When Does Isolation Become Torture? by Alan Prendergast by Alan Prendergast, Westword You see them on TV, usually around the time they are arrested. Men who have declared war on America, combatants in a conflict that never ends. They are captured on the street and at airports, …
Hill Barrientos et al. v. CoreCivic, Inc., GA, Motion to Dismiss Denied, Class-action Claims Under Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 2018 Case 4:18-cv-00070-CDL Document 38 Filed 08/17/18 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA COLUMBUS DIVISION WILHEN HILL BARRIENTOS, MARGARITO VELAZQUEZ-GALICIA, and …
Federal Class-action Accuses CoreCivic of Exploiting Immigrant Detainee Labor by Derek Gilna 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 …
Filing • August 3, 2018
HRDC v. DHS, WA, Complaint, Public Records, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-01141-TSZ Document 1 Filed 08/03/18 Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 The Human Rights Defense Center and Michelle Dillon, 10 No. Plaintiffs, 11 COMPLAINT …
Status of Medical Issues of Somali Detainees, 2018 Case 1:17-cv-24574-DPG Document 160-6 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/19/2018 Page 1 of 2 STATUS OF MEDICAL ISSUES OF SOMALI DETAINEES July 18, 2018 Glades 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. ABDI AADAN, Mohamed Kaafi, A#079 262 218 a. Wrists are …
Here’s What It’s Like to Work at a Shelter for Immigrant Kids by Kavitha Surana, Robert Faturechi Some facilities are so overstretched; employees often wait hours for a break to go to the bathroom by Kavitha Surana and Robert Faturechi, ProPublica BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The employees were in the ninth hour …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Filed under: War on Terror, Terrorism, CIA
ACLU Reaches Confidential Settlement in CIA Detainee Torture Lawsuit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) entered into a confidential settlement with the CIA over “a torture program” designed and used against military detainees by two contractors, psychologists James Elmer Mitchell and John …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
UK Court Blocks Extradition of Accused Hacker to United States by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In a virtually unheard of ruling, a British appellate court has refused to allow a citizen of the United Kingdom to be extradited to the U.S. to face federal charges. The court found that …
Office of Inspector General Finds Abuses at ICE Detention Facilities by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A December 11, 2017 report issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) harshly criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for serious deficiencies at four immigration detention …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Second Circuit Reverses Judgment in Favor of U.S. Citizen Held 3½ Years in Immigration Detention by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 31, 2017, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a judgment for a U.S. citizen who was improperly held in an immigration detention facility for 1,273 days. …
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