Public Safety & Justice Active Updated Aug 19, 2026
The deaths at Delaney Hall
Delaney Hall, the region's largest ICE detention facility, has recorded a second detainee death within weeks, a Salvadoran landscaper who died about six weeks after his arrest and after his lawyers had already sued over inadequate medical care there. The deaths are drawing scrutiny from a New Jersey senator and raising questions about detention conditions and oversight at the facility.
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Aug 19, 2026 Latest
Reps. Ritchie Torres and George Latimer demanded answers about a medical staffing shortage at Delaney Hall.
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Aug 5, 2026
Rep. Rob Menendez, D-N.J., said a third detainee has died at Delaney Hall, a death ICE never disclosed because it stopped reporting deaths that occur within 30 days of a detainee's release from custody. Menendez said ICE's Newark field office had given the detainee a discretionary release to University Hospital, meaning he was technically no longer in ICE custody when he died.
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Aug 4, 2026
A second detainee died at Delaney Hall, a Salvadoran landscaper who died roughly six weeks after his arrest and after his lawyers had already sued over inadequate medical care at the facility, Gothamist and The City Reporter reported. A New Jersey senator confirmed the death, and PIX11 reported it followed an earlier detainee death at the same facility.
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