Description: Plaintiffs allege that defendant The GEO Group violated labor laws by wrongfully forcing detainees to work without pay at jobs clearly outside of legally defined required personal housekeeping tasks. This website provides information regarding the class action settlement resolving the lawsuit.
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A class action lawsuit has been filed in federal court against The GEO Group, Inc. (“GEO”). The lawsuit is known as Raul Novoa, et al. v. The GEO Group, Inc ., Civil Action No. 5:17-cv-02514-JGB-SHK, United States District Court, Central District of California, Eastern Division. GEO operates the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Adelanto, California as a subcontractor for the City of Adelanto. This lawsuit is about whether GEO maintained a practice of wage theft, unjust enrichment, and forced labor against
The Court has decided that the following groups of people, or Classes, are involved in this lawsuit:
Stay in this Lawsuit. Await the outcome. Give up certain rights . By doing nothing, you keep the possibility of getting money or benefits that may come from a trial or a settlement. But you give up any rights to sue GEO separately about the same legal claims in this lawsuit.