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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

ICE detainees at New Jersey jail were beaten and pepper-sprayed in their cells, officials and families say

Guards inside an immigration detention center where detainees have been on a hunger and labor strike for nearly a week have reportedly beaten people and deployed tear gas in cells, according to advocates and family members.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were “violently beating the hunger strikers” at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey on Thursday, according to Make the Road New Jersey director Nedia Morsy.

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