We are on day 19 of a hunger strike at Delaney Hall, a notorious ICE detention center in Newark NJ. As protests rage outside the prison in solidarity with the hunger and labor strikers inside, New Jersey elected officials have been trying to both inspect the conditions of Delaney Hall and get answers on the status of the health and well being of prisoners for their loved ones on the outside.

NJ Senator Andy Kim was denied entry to Delaney Hall until he directly called Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to be admitted. However, when he was finally let inside, the guards not only wouldn’t let him talk to any of the prisoners, they also wouldn’t answer any of his questions about why prisoners weren’t getting proper medical care or access to ipads so [that] they could take video calls with their loved ones. “This is our money going to detain these people, and we’re not getting any answers,” Kim said. “I’m not getting answers on behalf of you, on behalf of other Americans, on behalf of the families of those that are detained.”

(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action.)