Detained Immigrant Work ConditionsDescription: Immigrants at a detention center in Denver are working under harsh conditions with the threat of solitary confinement if they refuse to work. When they are paid, it is as little as $1 per day. These detention centers are privately owned and the immigrants residing there may or may not have criminal charges--it is simply a holding space until their case is heard. GEO is one of the largest contractors with the United States federal government and GEO states that the work is "voluntary" and that the $1 per day pay is sufficient with regard to federal guidelines--a pay guideline set in 1950.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 153 and watch the video. When you've finished

Question

watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following questions:Which of the following is true of the GEO detention center?

A. GEO is a for-profit company that makes money from the forced labor of detained immigrants who may or may not have received criminal charges.
B. GEO pays detained immigrants an hourly wage that amounts to about a dollar over minimum wage.
C. Geo provides detained immigrants options of high-skilled and low-skilled jobs.
D. Geo is the world's largest maximum security prison.

Answer 1

Answer: A