FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 CONTACT: Julie Gonzales: 720-891-2712 julie@themeyerlawoffice Press Conference TODAY: Immigration Detainees File Historic Federal Wage Complaint Against GEO Detention Center for Violation of Colorado Wage and Hour Law and Forced Labor Practices Denver, CO – For the first time in Colorado history, immigrant detainees at Colorado’s sole immigration detention center will file a federal complaint demanding that the for-profit GEO Group, Inc. end its practices of using detainees to clean, maintain, and operate GEO’s Aurora ICE Processing Center for a wage of one dollar ($1) per day, and forcing detainees to work, for no paywhatsoever, cleaning the cells where detainees are housed, under threat of solitary confinement. The plaintiffs seek to recover, on their own behalf and on behalf of all other detainees who worked for GEO, the difference between the wages they earned and the $1 per day they were paid, as well as compensation for the hours they were forced to work for no pay whatsoever. WHAT: Press conference comprised of complainants and their attorneys, who have just filed the first federal complaint against the for-profit GEO Group, Inc., for violations of Colorado wage and hour laws and forced labor practices within the GEO Aurora ICE Processing Center WHEN: TODAY, Thursday, October 23rd, 2014, 10:00amWHERE: Front steps of the GEO Aurora ICE Processing Center, 3130 Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010 WHO: Alex Menocal, Former GEO detainee and lead complainant, who was forced to clean other detainees’ cells for no pay and who worked serving food to other detainees during his three month detention at the for-profit detention facility Brandt Milstein, Esq., Milstein Law Office, lead attorney who specializes in recovering unpaid wages for workers Hans Meyer, Esq., Meyer Law Office, PC, attorney representing the complainants who specializes in immigration law and criminal defense Nina DiSalvo, Executive Director, Towards Justice, dedicated to defending economic stability for working families VISUALS: Former immigration detainees, attorneys, advocates, and community members carrying signs and banners outside of the GEO detention center
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:00:24 +0000
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