Newark mayor to file lawsuit to close Delaney Hall ICE facility
State officials say GEO Group blocked a full health inspection of Delaney Hall, where about 300 detainees are held under a $1 billion contract.
- On Tuesday, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka announced a lawsuit seeking the closure of Delaney Hall, citing health and safety concerns at the immigration detention center.
- Tensions at the center boiled over last week as demonstrations intensified, leading to clashes between protesters and federal immigration officials outside the facility.
- A wild Sunday night resulted in 46 arrests, prompting Newark to implement a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew covering a half-mile radius around the site.
- Newark Police took control Monday, with Baraka describing recent law enforcement actions as "aggressive" and "unnecessary" while pledging local police would better de-escalate tensions.
- Lawmakers remain divided on conditions after touring the center; New Jersey Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew called it "clean" while Analilia Mejia described it as "horrible.
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New Jersey MonitorDelaney Hall unrest prompts reminder of poor conditions in NJ prisons, jails
People incarcerated in New Jersey’s state prisons and county jails have complained for years about dirty drinking water, buggy food, moldy bathrooms, inadequate healthcare, abuse by guards, intolerable heat, and other inhumane conditions of confinement.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill accuses ICE of denying her access to Newark detention facility Delaney Hall – Democratic Accent
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill accused ICE on Wednesday of denying her access to Delaney Hall, a Newark immigration detention facility that has become the focus of lawsuits, protests and allegations of unsafe, as scrutiny intensifies over allegations of unsafe conditions inside the center. “ICE is denying me entry to Delaney Hall — raising serious questions about what is happening behind its walls,” Sherrill wrote on X. Fox News Digital has reac…
New Jersey Hunger Strikers Allege Abysmal Detention Conditions
Citing medical neglect, lack of sanitation, spoiled food, denial of bond, and coercion to sign legal documents that result in deportation, over 300 women and men detained at Delaney Hall, a New Jersey immigration detention facility run by the private, for-profit company GEO Group have reportedly been on a labor and hunger strike since May 22.
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