I recently visited Newark\u2019s Delaney Hall. I do not use this term lightly, but it functions as a modern-day concentration camp, as it fits the definition: a place where our immigrant neighbors, friends, and coworkers are confined without trial or due process based strictly on their identity.<\/p>\n
Inside this private, for-profit facility, operated under a $1 billion GEO Group contract, human beings face horrific conditions. Reports from a 300-person detainee hunger strike reveal systemic medical neglect, filthy sanitation, undrinkable water, and spoiled food containing maggots. This shadow penal system also fuels a quiet tragedy, contributing to the estimated 100,000 children separated from parents by interior enforcement.<\/p>\n
When community members gathered outside in solidarity, federal agents met them with excessive force \u2014 deploying chemical irritants, tackling journalists, and launching pepper balls into civilian crowds.<\/p>\n
Private corporations should not profit from human suffering and the destruction of families. After witnessing this crisis firsthand, I felt compelled to join the protests and add my voice to those demanding an end to this cruelty. I urge my fellow community members to investigate these realities themselves and join the collective effort to end this state-sanctioned insanity.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Jo Shuman, RN<\/p>\n
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