Health officials in New Jersey are suing the private prison firm that runs a controversial immigration detention center facing a nearly two-week-long strike among detainees and ongoing protests over allegations of deteriorating conditions inside.
A lawsuit from the New Jersey Department of Health demands “immediate entry” to Delaney Hall after investigators were provided only limited access to the facility despite growing complaints from immigrant detainees, lawyers and families alleging overcrowded and inhumane conditions, including “potentially inadequate tuberculosis infection control practices.”
