The GEO Group, Inc.

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Operated Adelanto and Broward detention facilities

Marie Ange Blaise collapsed at a Florida detention center in April 2025. Internal reviewers later found staff did not start CPR even though she had no pulse. A New Republic analysis published Nov. 6, 2026, found that pattern in most of the deaths it reviewed: 23 of 29 detainees received care ICE itself judged outside safe limits.

Updated 2 days ago

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As of May 2026: Defendant in multiple forced-labor lawsuits

GEO Group has spent more than a decade fighting a lawsuit from roughly 60,000 immigration detainees at its Aurora, Colorado facility. They allege they were forced to perform janitorial work for one dollar a day — or nothing — under threat of solitary confinement. On February 25, the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 against GEO's immunity claim; Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the company "must wait" for trial.

Updated May 29