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Private prison company halts detainee work program after huge judgment

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Private prison company halts detainee work program after huge judgment

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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