In Georgia, immigrants imprisoned at a for-profit detention center have filed a class action lawsuit, claiming they were forced to work for $8 a day—or less—in violation of U.S. labor law. The suit alleges that prisoners at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, who refuse to join so-called voluntary work programs face retaliation by guards, including threats of criminal prosecution. One former prisoner says he worked 8-hour shifts in the prison’s kitchen for up to seven days per week, earning just $4 per day. He says when he refused to work, he was put in solitary confinement for 10 days. The prison is operated by CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America.