Following Mass Layoffs, Advocates Demand Full Closure of Louisiana Prison, Releases Not Transfers, and Healthy Jobs for Locals
November 21, 2023
November 21, 2023
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 21 -- Freedom for Immigrants, a nonprofit that monitors human rights abuses faced by immigrants, issued the following news release:
Private prison company GEO Group is reportedly ending its operations of the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center (Pine Prairie), a remote immigration detention center in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, with a heinous record of abuse and torture. The company will lay off 119 employees. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has sta . . .
Private prison company GEO Group is reportedly ending its operations of the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center (Pine Prairie), a remote immigration detention center in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, with a heinous record of abuse and torture. The company will lay off 119 employees. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has sta . . .