Lawsuit accuses Taylor facility of forcing immigrant detainees to work for little or no pay
A class action lawsuit filed in federal court Thursday argues that a company that manages immigrant detention centers — including the T. Don Hutto Center in Taylor — is violating the federal Trafficking Victims and Protection Act by forcing labor on those in the center.
Martha Gonzalez — a Harris County resident who was formerly detained at one center in Laredo, one in Taylor and a third center just north of Laredo — is suing private prison company CoreCivic on behalf of herself and “all others similarly situated.”
Gonzalez’s lawsuit says she was required to work at these detention centers under threat of isolation, retaliation and other deprivations.
“CoreCivic threatened detainees who refused to work with confinement, physical restraint, substantial and sustained restrictions, deprivation, violation of their liberty and solitary confinement,” the lawsuit says. “CoreCivic made frequent examples of individual detainees who complained or refused to work.”
Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/local/lawsuit-accuses-taylor-facility-forcing-immigrant-detainees-work-for-little-pay/JfONzATTt4IawkzIPa44TO/
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