New Jersey Sues GEO Group to Improve Detention Center Conditions
New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport filed a lawsuit against GEO Group, which operates the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, NJ. The lawsuit requests that the court grant the New Jersey Department of Health full access to the facility, "which is the focus of well-documented concerns about inhumane and unsanitary conditions for detainees," Davenport said in a statement. "GEO Group must allow our state's health inspectors to conduct a full inspection of Delaney Hall. The reports of unsanitary and unsafe conditions inside Delaney Hall are extremely concerning, and GEO Group-like any other business and facility in New Jersey-must follow the law," added Davenport.