Overview
- Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee held a public forum in Newark on Wednesday to hear testimony about conditions at Delaney Hall and to press for greater oversight.
- Lawmakers who visited the facility said staff blocked direct talks with detainees by requiring a privacy release form during their inspection visit.
- New Jersey’s attorney general has sued GEO Group seeking immediate entry for a full health inspection of Delaney Hall after reports that the operator barred state inspectors.
- Detainees and advocates report a coordinated labor and hunger strike over spoiled food, poor sanitation, and gaps in medical care while DHS and GEO Group deny an organized strike and defend conditions.
- Protests outside the center have produced repeated clashes with law enforcement, a local curfew and more than 80 arrests, and a separate investigation is underway into an incident where an ICE agent was struck by a vehicle in Manahawkin.