Ninth Day of Hunger Strike Sparks Clashes at Newark Detention Center

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Ninth Day of Hunger Strike Sparks Clashes at Newark Detention Center
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Detainees at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark are on a ninth day of hunger and labor strikes demanding better conditions and medical care, while protests outside the privately run GEO Group facility pit anti-ICE demonstrators against Trump-supporting counterprotesters. New Jersey state police took over policing from ICE amid tensions, with Gov. Sherrill facing pressure and federal officials weighing in; a pepper-spraying incident and confrontations with guards have been reported as detainees seek a meeting with the governor.

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