N.J. targets prison company running immigration detention center in lawsuits over conditions

The mayor of Newark is doubling down on his efforts to shut down Delaney Hall, the New Jersey immigration detention facility that has been at the center of protests for nearly two weeks, drawing demonstrators over allegations of poor conditions `and counterprotesters voicing support for ICE.

The mayor of Newark is doubling down on his efforts to shut down Delaney Hall, the New Jersey immigration detention facility that has been at the center of protests for nearly two weeks, drawing demonstrators over allegations of poor conditions and counterprotesters voicing support for ICE.

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Mayor Ras Baraka announced Tuesday that the city will continue focusing its efforts on going after GEO Group, the major private prison company that operates the facility, instead of federal immigration agencies.

“This is not a federal facility, these are not federal grounds; it’s a private facility, private workers, and they are subject to state and municipal laws,” Baraka said in a news conference outside Delaney Hall Tuesday morning.