It’s Time to Uproot ICE Penal Colonies Like Tacoma’s GEO

None of the people in the Tacoma ICE prison have been afforded due process. They have been forcibly picked up by ICE. We should not stand by and just watch. The state Attorney General should go after the GEO company for violation of the state’s constitution and demand due process for those incarcerated, and immediate release from imprisonment. It is time for Washington Attorney General Nick Brown to review and rescind GEO’s business license. The state Legislature should penalize GEO by making imprisonment without due process untenable in Washington. The Legislature could tax GEO $50 a day for every person in their custody, all of whom are victims of GEO’s violation of due process. That would be easy to track, as GEO has to keep an “inventory” of the people it locks up. Such a tax would bring in over $25 million annually. This could even force GEO to close up shop in Washington to protect their profits.