The private prison profiteer that was in 2021 ordered by a federal jury to pay millions in back wages to immigrants forced to work at a Washington facility has now been slapped with a more than $100,000 fine by California regulators, The Los Angeles Times reports.
A group of detained immigrants had filed a complaint about being forced by GEO Group to work for $1 a day (and apparently some for even less) in unsafe conditions at the Golden State Annex, including being given nopersonal protective equipment despite dealing with black mold and disinfectants. “Complaints were ignored, according to the complaint, and the hazards went unaddressed,” the report said. CAL/OSHA subsequently uncovered half a dozen violations before ordering $104,510 in fines, which the private prison profiteer is appealing, of course. Unfortunately for GEO Group, its track record isn’t doing it any favors.
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