Geo Group, Inc. v. Menocal · ¶12

The suit challenges two policies GEO used to put the detainees to work, thereby reducing its own labor costs. First, the so-called Sanitation Policy required detainees to clean, without any pay, all the facility's common areas. A detainee's failure to perform his assigned tasks led to escalating sanctions, up to 72 hours in solitary confinement. Second, the so-called Voluntary Work Program offered $1 per day to detainees for other kinds of needed work, such as preparing food and doing laundry. Menocal's complaint alleged that the former policy violated a federal bar on forced labor and that the latter breached Colorado's prohibition on unjust enrichment.

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