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ICE Detains Immigrants at Delaney Hall Amid Abuse Claims

6/15/2026

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ICE detains immigration prisoners at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, a former rehabilitative halfway house named for addiction advocate Geraldine Owen Delaney.
Family members have requested an investigation into the facility’s conditions.
They allege detainees receive inedible food, live in dirty quarters, and lack adequate medical care.
They argue that the center no longer fulfills its original mission, urging its name be retired and the facility closed.

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ICE detains immigration prisoners at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, a former rehabilitative halfway house named for addiction advocate Geraldine Owen Delaney.
Family members have requested an investigation into the facility’s conditions.
They allege detainees receive inedible food, live in dirty quarters, and lack adequate medical care.
They argue that the center no longer fulfills its original mission, urging its name be retired and the facility closed.