Atlanta, April 25 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Georgia, immigrants imprisoned at a for-profit detention center have filed a class-action lawsuit, claiming they were forced to work for eight dollars a day -- or less -- in violation of U.S. labor law.
The suit alleges that prisoners at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia who refuse to join so-called “voluntary” work programs face retaliation by guards, including threats of criminal prosecution.
One former prisoner says he worked eight-hour shifts in the prison’s kitchen for up to seven days per week, earning just four dollars per day; he says when he refused to work he was put in solitary confinement for 10 days.
The prison is operated by CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America.
Immigrants in U.S. state of Georgia sue for-profit prison, alleging forced labor
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