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How do private prison firms force individuals in custody under immigration laws to work for $1 per day or no pay at all? What effect could a Colorado federal court decision to allow immigrants to sue GEO prison听firm in Aurora, Colorado, have on this issue?
On Wednesday, March 22, the and the in the are co-sponsoring a public talk by Professor Jackie Stevens titled听"One Dollar Per Day: The Slaving Wages of Immigration Detention."
Stevens,听a professor of political science at Northwestern University (NU),听will discuss how private prisons effectively听force those detained under immigration laws to work at slave wages, as well as explain the labor and other laws these actions violate.听
She also will discuss a recent Colorado federal court decision allowing immigrants to sue The GEO Group prison firm in Aurora. She is coming to Colorado as part of her ongoing lawsuit against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) regarding its exploitation of detainee听labor at the GEO Aurora ICE processing center, officially named the Denver Contract Detention Facility.
What: "One Dollar Per Day: The Slaving Wages of Immigration Detention" with Jackie Stevens
When: Wednesday, March 22, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Hellems Arts and Sciences, room 199
to read more about the lawsuit and her work.
The professor, who also is the director of the Deportation Research Clinic at the Buffett Institute for Global Studies at NU, has been a recent guest on Charlie Rose, NPR's The Takeaway and To the Point. Stevens听received her PhD in political science from the University of California,听Berkeley听in 1993.
This talk is open to听the general public and will be accessible to undergraduates听and nonspecialists.
