Roughly 300 detainees launch hunger and labor strike at Delaney Hall
2026-05-22: Roughly 300 detainees launch hunger and labor strike at Delaney Hall — Approximately 300 detainees at the GEO Group-run, 1,000-bed Delaney Hall facility in Newark began a coordinated hunger and labor strike, alleging spoiled food, inadequate medical care, and arrests at scheduled USCIS interviews, according to The Jersey Vindicator and Insider NJ. The strike was announced at a rally organized by Gabriela Soto, whose husband Martin Alonso Soto Hernandez has been detained since February.