{"id":84545,"date":"2020-10-08T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-immigration-detainees-who-performed-work-at-the-adelanto-ice-processing-center-may-be-affected-by-a-class-action-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2020-10-08T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:12:14","slug":"los-inmigrantes-detenidos-que-trabajaron-en-el-centro-de-procesamiento-de-ice-de-adelanto-podrian-verse-afectados-por-una-demanda-colectiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/los-inmigrantes-detenidos-que-trabajaron-en-el-centro-de-procesamiento-de-ice-de-adelanto-podrian-verse-afectados-por-una-demanda-colectiva\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Detainees Who Performed Work at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center May Be Affected by a Class Action Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prnml40{\nMARGIN-LEFT:3.33em\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SEATTLE<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 8, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212; A class action lawsuit has been filed in federal court in <span class=\"xn-location\">Riverside, California<\/span>, against The GEO Group, Inc. (&#8220;GEO&#8221;).\u00a0 GEO operates the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in <span class=\"xn-location\">Adelanto, California<\/span> as a subcontractor for the <span class=\"xn-location\">City of Adelanto<\/span>. The name of the case is <i>Novoa, et al. v. The GEO Group, Inc.<\/i>, No. 5:17-cv-02514. A federal judge decided that this lawsuit should be a class action on behalf of the following &#8220;Classes&#8221; and &#8220;Subclasses&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p id=\"indentid\" class=\"prnml40\"><b>The Adelanto Wage Class<\/b>: All civilly detained immigrants who (i) were detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center any time since <span class=\"xn-chron\">December 19, 2014<\/span>, and either (ii) participated in the Voluntary Work Program<sup>1<\/sup> at any point during their detention, or (iii) performed work for no compensation in the Uncompensated Work Program<sup>2<\/sup> pending their participation in the Voluntary Work Program, or (iv) performed work for no compensation pursuant to the Adelanto Housing Unit Sanitation Policy.<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n<p id=\"indentid\" class=\"prnml40\"><b>The Adelanto Forced Labor Class<\/b>: All civil immigration detainees who were detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center any time since <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 1, 2011<\/span>, with the following subclasses: a) <u>The Work Program Subclass<\/u>: All individuals who participated in the Voluntary Work Program at any point during their detention; and (b) <u>The Uncompensated Work Program Subclass<\/u>: All individuals who participated in the Uncompensated Work Program at any point during their detention.<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiffs in this lawsuit claim that GEO maintained a practice of wage theft, unjust enrichment, and forced labor. GEO denies the allegations made in the lawsuit and argues it has fully complied with the law. The Court has not decided whether GEO did anything wrong. There is no money available now, and there is no guarantee there will be. However, the legal rights of individuals in the Classes\/Subclasses are affected and they have a choice to make now.<\/p>\n<p>Affected individuals have a choice of whether to stay in the Classes\/Subclasses or not, and <b>this must be decided now<\/b>. Affected individuals that stay in the Classes\/Subclasses will be legally bound by all orders and judgments of the Court, and they won&#8217;t be able to sue, or continue to sue, GEO as part of any other lawsuit with the same claims. To stay in the Classes\/Subclasses, affected individuals do not have to do anything now. If you choose to stay in the class action, you may also engage an attorney of your own choosing, but at your own expense.<\/p>\n<p>Affected individuals who want to be excluded from the Classes\/Subclasses will not get any money or benefits from this lawsuit, but they will keep their rights to sue GEO for the claims made in this lawsuit and will not be bound by any orders or judgments of the Court. To ask to be excluded, a letter must be sent to the address below, <b>postmarked by <span class=\"xn-chron\">December 22, 2020<\/span><\/b>, requesting to be excluded from <i>Novoa v. The GEO Group, Inc<\/i>.:<\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\">GEO Adelanto Class Action Notice Administrator <br \/>c\/o JND Legal Administration<br \/>P.O. Box 91350<br \/><span class=\"xn-location\">Seattle, WA<\/span> 98111<\/p>\n<p>The Court appointed the law firms of Burns Charest LLP of <span class=\"xn-location\">Dallas, TX<\/span>, the Law Office of R. <span class=\"xn-person\">Andrew Free<\/span> of <span class=\"xn-location\">Nashville, TN<\/span>, and Ahdoot and Wolfson, PC of <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles, CA<\/span>, to represent the Classes\/Subclasses.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2934746-1&amp;h=2711155692&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geoadelantoclassaction.com%2F&amp;a=www.GEOAdelantoClassAction.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.GEOAdelantoClassAction.com<\/a>; email <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:info@GEOAdelantoClassAction.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">info@GEOAdelantoClassAction.com<\/a>, or call:<\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\">Toll-Free in U.S.:\u00a0 1-888-383-0320<br \/>Toll-Free in Mexico:\u00a0 1-800-062-4329<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>____________________<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> Plaintiffs allege that the &#8220;Voluntary Work Program&#8221; is the program GEO operates at <span class=\"xn-location\">Adelanto<\/span> where detainees work as porters, janitors, kitchen workers, laundry workers, barbers, or in any other job in exchange for <span class=\"xn-money\">$1<\/span> per day.<br \/><sup>2<\/sup> Plaintiffs allege that the &#8220;Uncompensated Work Program&#8221; means GEO&#8217;s practice of hiring detainees to work as porters, janitors, kitchen workers, laundry workers, barbers, or in any other job outside their housing units for no money at all. Detained immigrants typically complete a Work Detail Application for a position in the Voluntary Work Program and must work for an arbitrary period of time\u2014months, in some cases\u2014for no compensation before they begin to receive <span class=\"xn-money\">$1<\/span> per day for their labor.<br \/><sup>3<\/sup> Plaintiffs allege that the &#8220;Housing Unit Sanitation Policy&#8221; is a program GEO operates at <span class=\"xn-location\">Adelanto<\/span> where detainees clean and sanitize their housing units, dormitories, pods, showers, and common living areas for no compensation.\u00a0 If you were detained at <span class=\"xn-location\">Adelanto<\/span>, you were part of the Housing Unit Sanitation Policy.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  JND Legal Administration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SEATTLE<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 8, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212; A class action lawsuit has been filed in federal court in <span class=\"xn-location\">Riverside, California<\/span>, against The GEO Group, Inc. (&#8220;GEO&#8221;).\u00a0 GEO operates the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in <span class=\"xn-location\">Adelanto, California<\/span> as a subcontractor for the <span class=\"xn-location\">City of Adelanto<\/span>. The name of the case is <i>Novoa, et al. v. The GEO Group, Inc.<\/i>, No. 5:17-cv-02514. A federal judge decided&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inmigracion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}