Published in partnership with Shadowproof. In March, District Court Judge John Kane granted class action certification to a lawsuit challenging slave labor practices at a private immigrant …
About 62,000 people who were held in an Aurora immigration detention center and required to work, sometimes for $1 a day, while they awaited possible deportation have been certified as a class in a lawsuit alleging violations of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Senior Judge John Kane’s ruling could have far-reaching implications, potentially boosting the cost of holding …
The nation’s second largest private prison company is facing some serious legal challenges—and other companies may soon be in the same situation. On Monday, a federal judge ruled that current and former detainees held at an immigrant detention center in Colorado can join a class-action lawsuit against GEO Group, a private prison company. The plaintiffs allege that the GEO Group forced detainees …
Buy Photo Pictured is a wall with waterfalls inside the Verona offices of Nexus Services Inc.(Photo: By Brad Zinn/The News Leader)Buy Photo 13 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE A Honduran man and woman who fled their country’s gang violence in 2015 and sought asylum in the United States have filed a multi-million dollar civil class-action lawsuit against Libre by Nexus, claiming the Verona- …
Lawyers for Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Jessen have clashed with the Justice Department over what classified evidence is needed to defend against the suit’s allegations that the men “designed, implemented, and personally administered an experimental torture program.” Lasting Scars Articles in this series examine the American legacy of brutal interrogations. Last month, despite United States government …
On February 21, 2015, a man was booked into the Maricopa County Jail, a sprawling complex in Phoenix where the dusty Arizona landscape is interrupted by the occasional palm tree. We’ll call him by his initials: JP. According to JP’s booking report, he was experiencing auditory hallucinations during his intake, and acting “bizarre,” like he was high or drunk.