Oral Argument in The GEO Group v. Menocal Before the US Supreme Court
This week the US Supreme Court held oral argument in Geo Group v. Menocal, a case in which Geo Group prison corporation argues it can have an immediate appeal in a case brought by an ICE detainees.
A transcript of the full argument is available here.
Andrew Free has an excellent post describing the issues in the forced labor case, including the tragic death of an immigrant killed while working at the immigrant prison.
As Free writes: "A case that began over a decade ago as a challenge to how private prison corporations enrich themselves off the backs of free or nearly free labor of unfree people is now before the high court on the question of whether these corporations—and potentially, all federal government contractors—enjoy an immunity from suit that would short-circuit many other cases."
