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Anna Katrina Sevilla

ICE Facility Under Fire as Detainees Launch Mass Hunger Strike Over 'Inhumane Conditions'

Detainees at the Newark ICE facility launch mass hunger strike over alleged inhumane conditions (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/usicegov)

More than 300 detainees at the Delaney Hall immigration detention centre in Newark, New Jersey, have launched a hunger strike, drawing national attention to allegations of poor living conditions, delayed medical care, and mistreatment inside the privately operated ICE facility.

The protest, which began in late May, has also prompted demonstrations outside the centre and intensified criticism of the federal immigration detention system, per The Guardian.

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