detention facility

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Protests erupted last month outside an immigrant detention facility in New Jersey after detainees launched a hunger and labor strike over what they called inhumane conditions such as rotten food and medical neglect.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

By the time I arrived, the scene outside Delaney Hall, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, had become quiet.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

It showed him visiting a detention facility at the port of Ashdod where the activists are being held.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Annie told me that the ICE agents who arrested her and took her to the detention facility were incredibly kind.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Wes went back to school immediately after leaving the juvenile detention facility, the Baltimore County Detention Center in Towson.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore