Operator of Tacoma ICE detention center ordered to pay $23.2 million over unfair labor practices

The Northwest Detention Center is a privately run, federal detention center in Tacoma. (Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio)

(Nicole Jennings, KIRO Radio)

The company in charge of operating a Tacoma ICE detention center will have to pay out $23.2 million, stemming from a lawsuit over the facility’s alleged unfair labor practices.

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Nearly $6 million of that money will need to be surrendered by the GEO Group — which is contracted by ICE to run the facility — as “unjust enrichment.” Another $17.3 million will be paid to over 10,000 people detained there for back wages owed.

The lawsuit dates back

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