Two more deaths at Delaney Hall detention center as ICE arrests surge

Alleged lack of medical care contributed to the deaths, in addition to 22 deaths in ICE custody this year

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August 6, 2026 6:00AM (EDT)

Barbed wire lines a fence outside of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility , where ICE is housing detained immigrants, on August 4, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey. The demand for a shutdown continues after El Salvadoran immigrant Edwin Lopez-Cornejo died on August 1st while in custody at the facility. He was the 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Additional deaths involving Delaney Hall, a private immigration jail run by The GEO Group in Newark, New Jersey, has sparked renewed calls for the closure of the notorious 1,000 bed facility even as the Trump administration dramatically increases arrests and detentions across the nation.