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A for-profit detention center in Washington state has been ordered to pay back $23 million to detainees and the state following a federal jurys ruling.

SEATTLE (AP) — Brazilian Jose Soares has been locked up in one of the United States largest immigration detention centers for the past two years, passing much of his time

SEATTLE (AP) — Brazilian Jose Soares has been locked up in one of the United States' largest immigration detention centers for the past two years, passing much of his time cleaning bathrooms and buffing floors at a rate of $1 a day.

SEATTLE (AP) — Brazilian Jose Soares has been locked up in one of the United States...

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - A private prison company GEO Group (GEO) commented Thursday on the recent unfavorable jury verdict and combined $23.2 million judgments in the retrial of two cases, State

The Washington Supreme Court handed down a new framework last week on an employer’s responsibility at the worksite for health and safety violations. The Tradesmen decision results from...

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Workers at Romeeco Bakery were paid for 40 hours a week but were working more than double that, the Employment Relations Authority found.

A federal jury sided Wednesday with Washington's attorney general and thousands of immigrant detainees who said private prison giant GEO Group broke the law by paying only $1 per day for their labor at a large ICE detention site.

A Recent Second Circuit Decision Rejects Franchisees’ Claims that Franchisor’s Deductions from Revenue Violated State Minimum Wage and Anti-Kickback Laws, but Leaves the Door Open for...