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Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Gave Massive Handouts to ICE and Private Prison Industry by On July 4, 2025,President Donald Trump (R) signed into law a budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) that drastically increased funding for immigration enforcement and policing. Originally titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” the megabill awarded …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Trump’s “Border Czar” Was on GEO Group Payroll by Before Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) took office, his “border czar” Tom Homan worked as a consultant for GEO Group, Inc., one of the largest operators of immigrant detention facilities in the country.  The revelation, as the Washington Post reported, raises …
GEO Group Gets $1 Billion ICE Contract at New Jersey Lockup by On February 26, 2025, then-acting federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Caleb Vitello announced a 15-year contract with The GEO Group, Inc. to reopen and expand its Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, which will …
Prison Profiteers Ready to Help Trump Make Good on Deportation Threats by Because incoming Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) vowed during his campaign to launch “the largest deportation operation in American history,” the stocks of private prison companies, including The GEO Group and CoreCivic, spiked after his election victory on …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
GEO Group Just Wants to Be a Landlord for Oklahoma DOC by In June 2024, after Oklahoma failed to meet a $3 million pay hike demanded by The GEO Group, Inc., the private prison operator gave notice to terminate its contract to run Lawton Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility (LCRF), the …
Court Strikes Washington Statute to Regulate GEO Group’s Notorious ICE Lockup by The Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC) in Tacoma, Washington, owned by private prison giant The GEO Group, Inc., is the sole detention facility in the state of Washington for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In 2023, state …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Virginia Takes Back One Prison from GEO Group, Closes Four More by On July 1, 2024, Virginia’s Department of Corrections (DOC) closed four prisons and was set to terminate its contract with private prison giant GEO Group, Inc. just over a month later, taking back operational control of its only …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Riot at California GEO Group Lockup Sends Message to U.S. Marshals by On February 21, 2024, a riot broke out between rival groups of detainees held for the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) at a GEO Group lockup in El Centro, California. Injuries were reported to detainees and staff of the …
As ICE Data Errors Persist, GEO Group Cashes In by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Data compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University reveal that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to struggle with accurate reporting of the number of migrants it tracks through its …
Third Circuit Unhappy with Federal Detainee’s Denied Marriage Request at Pennsylvania GEO Group Lockup by On September 19, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit revived a claim by Brian Davis, a Jamaican national held for four years at Pennsylvania’s Moshannon Valley Correctional Center (MVCC). The prison …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
No Data to Prove Whether $600-Million California Parole Effort Worked by Results of a yearlong investigation released on July 10, 2023, found that a state-funded rehabilitation program for California parolees started in 2014—Specialized Treatment for Optimized Programming (STOP)—has cost taxpayers $600 million, with little evidence to prove it is working. …
How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration by How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration “Who is accountable for the imposition of punishment in our carceral system?” asked Laura I. Appleman, Professor of Law at Willamette University, in an article published on April 13, 2023. An answer is …
Second Hunger Strike Met With Pepper Spray at Washington GEO Group Lockup Where ICE Detainees Allege Widespread Sexual Abuse by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On February 4, 2023, a crowd of 50 people gathered outside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington. They were there to support a …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Investor Lawsuit Against GEO Group Trimmed by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 21, 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of Florida significantly trimmed a class-action lawsuit alleging that private prison operator The GEO Group misled investors in its stock, causing them to suffer losses. For …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
GEO Group Gets Another Extension to Biden’s Deadline for USMS at California Prison by Jenifer Lockwood by Jenifer Lockwood A privately run jail in downtown San Diego is still holding federal detainees after receiving an “unprecedented” third exception to an executive order issued by Pres. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D). …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Pennsylvania County Retakes Control of Jail From GEO Group by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On April 6, 2022, Pennsylvania’s Delaware County assumed control of its jail for the first time in 24 years, after terminating its contract with the Florida-based GEO Group. Prior to that, the 1,800-bed George W. …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
After Lengthy HRDC Litigation, GEO Group Gives Up Documents Revealing $10 Million Settlement for Death of Texas Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 8, 2022, PLN finally obtained documents revealing that private prison operator GEO Group, Inc., formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections Corp., paid $10 million to …
Brief • July 13, 2022
Gomez v. The GEO Group, CA, Complaint, Forced Labor, 2022 Case 1:22-cv-00868-BAK Document 1 Filed 07/13/22 Page 1 of 50 1 GAY C. GRUNFELD – 121944 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 2 MICHAEL FREEDMAN – 262850 JESSICA WINTER – 294237 3 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 101 Mission Street, Sixth …
Brief • June 21, 2022
Hartel v. The GEO Group, FL, Order Granting Dft's Motion to Dismiss, Prison Conditions, 2022 Case 9:20-cv-81063-RS Document 63 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/21/2022 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 20-81063-CIV-SMITH STEVE HARTEL, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
$316,673 Settlement in New Mexico Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Stabbing at GEO-Operated Private Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 1, 2021, the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) and the private operator of one of its prisons, the GEO Group, agreed to pay $316,673.53 to settle a lawsuit brought …
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