A privately run immigration detention center is covered by a federal law prohibiting the use of forced labor, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled on narrow grounds without addressing the substance of the claims.
The federal lawsuit against CoreCivic, formerly known as the Corrections Corporation of America, claimed inmates were coerced by threats of force and the loss of basic necessities to coerce them to work.
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