Mealey's (May 26, 2022, 9:38 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Federal immigration detainees involved in The GEO Group Inc.’s voluntary work program are owed minimum wages under the Washington Minimum Wage Act (WMWA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and do not fall into statutory exemptions for residents of public detention facilities and those whose job duties require them to live at their worksite, the detainees argue support of a $17 million class jury verdict in their appellee brief filed May 24 in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....