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Private prison company halts detainee work program after huge judgment

By Washington Examiner
Published November 9, 2021 10:00pm ET
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Private prison company halts detainee work program after huge judgment
The Omnibus Crime Bill caused the number of state prisoners to soar, increasing by more than 45 percent, and the number in federal prisons more than doubled. The number of inmates in American prisons and jails grew from 1.01 million in 1994 to 2.3 million today. (iStock Photo)

Florida-based GEO Group (GEO) has suspended the Voluntary Work Program at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center in Tacoma rather than pay detainees minimum wage.

GEO, which is contracted by the federal government to run the Tacoma facility, had been paying detainees $1 a day for tasks such as cleaning, cooking, and cutting hair.

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