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PLN Goes Undercover to Bust CCA Employees’ Misuse of Prisoner Labor by When PLN managing editor Alex Friedmann received a letter from a prisoner at the Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility in Nashville, Tennessee, a jail operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA, which recently changed its name to CoreCivic), he …
PrivatePrison Execs Continue to Make Much More than Guards
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Information collected by the federal government has revealed the conspicuous inequality between privateprison executives
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Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Order on Mot for Reconsideration, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 48 Filed 03/17/16 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Judge John L. Kane Civil Action No. …
Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Docket, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2015 Case: 1:14-cv-2887 As of: 10/25/2015 08:30 PM MDT 1 of 8 MJ CIV PP U.S. District Court District of Colorado (Denver) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14−cv−02887−JLK Menocal et al v. The GEO Group, …
Reed v. Avalon Correctional Services, TX, Complaint, FLSA Wages, 2015
Case 1:15-cv-00789-RP Document 1 Filed 09/09/15 Page 1 of 14
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT
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Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Order on Mot for Interlocutory Apppeal, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 13 EXHIBIT A Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 2 of 13 5.8 Voluntary Work …
Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Exhibits, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 13 EXHIBIT A Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 2 of 13 5.8 Voluntary Work Program I. Purpose and Scope …
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on November 14, 2014, I electronically filed Defendant’s
MOTION TO DISMISS with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will send
notification
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Roberts v. Corrections Corporation of America, TN, Complaint, CCA Guards FLSA Class Action, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION SARA L. ROBERTS, ROBIN THOMAS, MICHAEL LOWERY, MACHELLE BRUSH, MICHAEL SHANE SULLIVAN, MELISSA NUCE, CHARLES REECE, ETHAN HOWELL, JAMES FLEMING, JAMES POLK, ANTHONY BENNETT, KENDRICK SANDERS, …
Roberts et al v. Corrections Corporation of America, TN, Class Action Complaint, FLSA employee overtime understaffing, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION SARA L. ROBERTS, ROBIN THOMAS, MICHAEL LOWERY, MACHELLE BRUSH, MICHAEL SHANE SULLIVAN, MELISSA NUCE, CHARLES REECE, ETHAN HOWELL, JAMES FLEMING, JAMES POLK, ANTHONY …
Johnson v. CCA, KY, Settlement, FSLA, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-00246-JGH Document 54-1 Filed 11/26/13 Page 1 of 30 PageID #: 400 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION Michael E. Johnson, et al., on behalf of ) themselves and all other similarly-situated ) current and former …
Johnson v. CCA, KY, Settlement Payouts, FSLA, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-00246-JGH Document 56-1 Filed 11/26/13 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 443 CONFIDENTIAL EXHIBIT 1 “MAXIMUM GROSS SETTLEMENT AMOUNT” means TWO-HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO/100 ($260,000.00). Of this amount, the PARTIES propose that $131,000 be allocated to PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL …
certify that the foregoing was filed with the court via CM/ECF system which
will cause electronic service upon the following attorneys of record.
LaToi D. Mayo
Littler Mendelson, PSC
333 W. Vine Street
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Johnson v. CCA, KY, Complaint, FLSA salary overtime class action, 2012 Case 3:12-cv-00246-JGH Document 5 Filed 05/25/12 Page 1 of 17 PageID #: 25 ELECTRONICALLY FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:12-cv-00246-JGH MICHAEL E. JOHNSON, RICHIE CHESSER STEPHEN HERMAN, ROBERT K. MITCHELL, …
largest privateprison firm, had settled a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Kansas that raised claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on behalf of current and former CCA employees
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Barnwell v. CCA, KS, Memo in Support of Plf Mot for Class Cert, FLSA employee litigation, 2008 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS AT KANSAS CITY KEITH E. BARNWELL, et al. On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, vs. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF …
MTC Stiffs Guards and Other Employees $169,105
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Prison guards are among the 393 employees of Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC), a company that shorted $169,105 in wages for work
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plaintiffs could establish an ATCA claim against Esmor and the Esmor Officers.
Plaintiffs conceded that their Bivens claims for constitutional violations against Esmor were barred by CorrectionalServices
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Fair Labor Standards Acts Minimum Wage Provision Not Applicable to PrivatePrisons
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Fair Labor Standards Acts Minimum Wage Provision Not Applicable to PrivatePrisons
The Seventh Circuit
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