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In at least four states, migrants detained in ICE facilities have launched hunger strikes in recent weeks to protest the conditions in which they are being held.<\/p>\n

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An ongoing hunger and labor strike at the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall facility in Newark, New Jersey, reportedly involves roughly 300 people and has sparked daily protests outside the jail, which is owned and operated by the GEO Group, a private security company that provides security, maintenance, food and medical care under a 15-year contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, it was reported that at least 20 detainees at the 750-bed Desert View Annex in Adelanto, California, had launched a hunger strike to call attention to what they allege are substandard conditions at that facility, including a lack of medical care, unsafe drinking water, and mold.<\/p>\n

And last month, hunger strikes reportedly erupted at the 1,800-bed North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Michigan, and at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, which has a capacity of nearly 1,900. North Lake is the largest facility in the Midwest, and Moshannon Valley is the largest in the Northeast.<\/p>\n

The GEO Group operates all of the facilities where the hunger strikes have taken place.<\/p>\n

Families of migrants detained at Delaney Hall say their relatives\u00a0 are being tear gassed and beaten by guards. Outside the facility, ICE agents have countered protesters with pepper spray, the New Jersey Monitor reported.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Thursday, New Jersey Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherill said the New Jersey Department of Health tried to conduct a health inspection of Delaney Hall, but was denied access to all but a limited portion of the facility. Sherill said Delaney Hall should be shut down.<\/p>\n

\u201cRefusing to provide full access raises serious questions about what ICE is trying to hide from public view,\u201d she said in the statement. \u201cI am calling for ICE to immediately de-escalate the situation as I continue working to keep New Jersey residents safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

ICE issued a statement dismissing the accusations of substandard conditions at the facilities as a \u201choax.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll detainees are provided with 3 meals a day, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap, and toiletries. Illegal aliens also have access to phones to communicate with their family members and lawyers,\u201d the statement says. \u201cCertified dietitians evaluate meals. In fact, ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement, the GEO Group asserted that its support services \u201care monitored by ICE, including by on-site agency personnel, and other organizations within the Department of Homeland Security to ensure compliance with ICE\u2019s detention standards and contract requirements regarding the treatment and services ICE detainees receive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For the last few days, Gabriela Fuentes, 35, has protested outside Delaney Hall.\u00a0 She said her husband, who came to the U.S. from Guatemala on a work visa, told her recently that the guards had beaten and tear gassed him and other detainees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all human, we\u2019re all people, just because we\u2019re Hispanic does not mean that we need to be treated like this,\u201d Fuentes said.<\/p>\n

Haddy Gassama, senior counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, described the hunger strikes as \u201cthe natural consequence of a detention system that\u2019s really falling apart at its seams.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHunger strikes are a tool that people use when they are most desperate, where they feel that they have no other options,\u201d Gassama said. \u201cIt\u2019s really the natural consequence of what happens when you supersize a detention system that\u2019s already rife with abuse so fast, with so much money, with so little accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jasmine Rivera, executive director of the immigrant rights group Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition, said it\u2019s hard to get a handle on the scope of the hunger strikes in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon the hunger strike, the detention center stopped communication lines to that particular unit, so it\u2019s hard for us and for family members to stay up-to-date on what was happening,\u201d Rivera said.<\/p>\n

In Michigan, Ruby Robinson, an attorney at the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, called for more state oversight of ICE detention facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s our understanding that they do not really have the means to adequately provide the oversight that\u2019s needed, and outside of that, we don\u2019t really see any other oversight, besides visits from members of Congress,\u201d Robinson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause many immigrants are being detained in county jails, not just private detention facilities, there\u2019s an opportunity to ensure that state law is followed. And if state law is insufficient, then it needs to be updated to basically reflect reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story was updated to include a statement from the GEO Group.<\/em><\/p>\n

Stateline reporter Shalina Chatlani can be reached at [email\u00a0protected]<\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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This story was originally produced by Stateline, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Alaska Beacon, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.<\/p>\n

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