Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNew Jersey health officials have filed a lawsuit demanding "immediate entry" to the Delaney Hall immigration detention center, citing fears of disease outbreaks and inadequate medical care. The lawsuit follows inspectors being denied full access to the facility, including medical units and sleeping areas, despite growing complaints from detainees and lawyers.Detainees at Delaney Hall have been on a nearly two-week-long hunger strike, protesting alleged rotting food, due process violations, lack of legal counsel and retaliation from ICE agents for their ongoing strike actions.Concerns include reports of high COVID-19 and flu spread, untreated conditions for detainees with serious illnesses and a pregnant detainee allegedly denied full obstetrics care. The facility, operated by GEO Group, faces daily protests, calls from officials such as Gov. Mikie Sherrill to close it and recent clashes between protesters and law enforcement that resulted in 61 arrests. In fullHealth officials sue New Jersey ICE jail over fears of disease outbreaks and ‘inadequate’ tuberculosis controlsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Gov. Mikie Sherrill said visitations at Delaney Hall will resume after DHS met the state's demands, a characterization DHS pushed back against.

As clashes between law enforcement and protesters have brought nationwide attention to the Delaney Hall immigration facility in Newark, New Jersey, the city threatened Tuesday to…

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka announced Tuesday morning that the city may file a lawsuit that seeks to close the ICE facility over reports of alleged health concerns.

Protests spurred by allegations of bad conditions at Delaney Hall in Newark have led to violent clashes, arrests and the implementation of a protest zone and a curfew.

Delaney Hall in Newark has been at the epicenter of controversy in New Jersey, as protesters have clashed with ICE and law enforcement officers.

Health investigators demand ‘immediate entry’ to Delaney Hall over fears of disease outbreaks and lack of adequate medical care

The New Jersey attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the GEO Group, operator of the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, N.J.

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNew Jersey health officials have filed a…