In Newark, New Jersey, today marks 11 days since hundreds of immigrants detained at the ICE jail known as Delaney Hall began a hunger and labor strike demanding their immediate release. Protesters and organizers continued to gather near the facility Sunday after New Jersey State Police erected a barricade about half a mile long around Delaney Hall’s perimeter. Activists have denounced New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill for deploying state police against protesters, with some officers wearing riot gear. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has imposed a nightly curfew around Delaney Hall until further notice. There were reports of more arrests Sunday night as some protesters defied the curfew. Baraka’s move came after another weekend of clashes between protesters and law enforcement.
5 Comments
notacat@infosec.pub · 22 pts · 80d
LABOR strike? What are they making detainees DO??
theparadox@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 80d
Prison/slave labor, usually. Rotten, maggoty food ain't free y'know and you don't want them getting comfortable lazing around or they might not self deport.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 80d
That's what made me do a double-take.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 80d
Who do you think washes the laundry and the dishes?
Lasherz12@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 80d
Billion dollar contract for GeoGroup. They employ their prisoners for virtually no money, leaning on good behavior for better outcomes that will never come. There are some people who are only still there after lawful orders of removal because their "job" is considered too useful, such as translators. Slavery never left the US, it just got hidden behind bars.