detention
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Protests erupted last month outside an immigrant detention facility in New Jersey after detainees launched a hunger and labor strike over what they called inhumane conditions such as rotten food and medical neglect.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Protesters descended on Delaney Hall, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, N.J., this weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
It said a month after Rivera's detention that it had been banned from running in elections.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
“I have long opposed private detention facilities and advocated against them. I will continue to call for the closure of Delaney Hall because of reports like these.”
From Salon • May 30, 2026
Class is in the detention room, while Miss Saunders’s room is being repaired.
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
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