ICE Transfers Hundreds of Detainees From Delaney Hall [Newark, NJ] to Break Hunger and Labor Strike
1d 4h ago by infosec.pub/u/CubitOom in progressivepolitics from sussexvisibilitybrigade.substack.com
cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/48081820
The GEO Group, which has a $1 billion contract with the government to run Delaney Hall, has retaliated against detainees by transferring those who’ve been on hunger and labor strikes. It’s been nearly a month since the strikes began.
Some transferred detainees have been sent out of state, where they are cut off from family members, legal support and each other. They are moved from Delaney Hall without a chance to say goodbye to their families, according to Eyes on ICE, which has been on the ground supporting detainees’ families for more than a year. Most of the information presented here is drawn from their reports, which are frequently updated.
Initially, most of those transferred – reportedly more than 300 – were men. For weeks, visitation hours have been canceled or limited so it’s unclear if families will be allowed visits on Father’s Day.
Visibility Brigade will be hosting a “FREE DELANEY DADS” Father’s Day vigil from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on June 21.
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Last week, the women detained in Delaney Hall renewed their strike in place of those who are gone. Although they are not eating food served inside the cafeteria, they are getting food from the commissary instead and refusing to do the so-called “voluntary” labor that they get paid as little as $1 a day to do. As a result, GEO Group employees have had to clean and perform other services themselves.
Delaney Hall detainees have been subjected to violence, pepper spray and sexual abuse. Earlier this month, Eyes on ICE relayed accounts of detainees continuing to suffer illness or untreated medical conditions at a facility where there is a severe shortage of medical staff, with detainees sometimes waiting weeks to get treatment.
ICE is counting on new detainees to arrive after strikers have gone, who may not be willing or able to quickly organize a movement to free themselves. They are counting on the protestors to go away, for the politicians to move on, and for the public to lose interest.
The GEO Group, which has a $1 billion contract with the government to run Delaney Hall, has retaliated against detainees by transferring those who’ve been on hunger and labor strikes. It’s been nearly a month since the strikes began.
Some transferred detainees have been sent out of state, where they are cut off from family members, legal support and each other. They are moved from Delaney Hall without a chance to say goodbye to their families, according to Eyes on ICE, which has been on the ground supporting detainees’ families for more than a year. Most of the information presented here is drawn from their reports, which are frequently updated.
Initially, most of those transferred – reportedly more than 300 – were men. For weeks, visitation hours have been canceled or limited so it’s unclear if families will be allowed visits on Father’s Day.
Visibility Brigade will be hosting a “FREE DELANEY DADS” Father’s Day vigil from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on June 21.
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Last week, the women detained in Delaney Hall renewed their strike in place of those who are gone. Although they are not eating food served inside the cafeteria, they are getting food from the commissary instead and refusing to do the so-called “voluntary” labor that they get paid as little as $1 a day to do. As a result, GEO Group employees have had to clean and perform other services themselves.
Delaney Hall detainees have been subjected to violence, pepper spray and sexual abuse. Earlier this month, Eyes on ICE relayed accounts of detainees continuing to suffer illness or untreated medical conditions at a facility where there is a severe shortage of medical staff, with detainees sometimes waiting weeks to get treatment.
ICE is counting on new detainees to arrive after strikers have gone, who may not be willing or able to quickly organize a movement to free themselves. They are counting on the protestors to go away, for the politicians to move on, and for the public to lose interest.
All they can do is make it unprofitable to run this for profit prison. I hope that can be enough to end this madness.