At Delaney Hall, an ICE detention camp for captured immigrants in Newark, New Jersey, operated privately by the for-profit contractor Geo Group, the food is spoiled, and sometimes has maggots. Those who are imprisoned there, who have not been convicted of any crime, are forced to work for about $1 per day.

Conditions are overcrowded and unsanitary; there is only limited and inadequate medical care. Those inside say that they are being beaten and pepper sprayed; the DHS has denied allegations of mistreatment, but the Geo group issued a statement last week admitting to at least one instance of “physical altercation” that included “limited use of chemical agents”.

Like at other ICE camps, members of Congress have been denied access to the facility, in violation of the law. This week, DHS also “denied full access” to New Jersey state health inspectors.

Immigrants inside Delaney Hall have organized a labor strike and a hunger strike, trying to call attention to the inhumane conditions they are being held in. Outside, immigration force members, local police, and a group of pro-Maga locals who have gathered to show their support for the concentration camp have clashed with anti-Ice protesters, including New Jersey senator Andy Kim, who have gathered there for more than a week to show their support for the striking........

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