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New Jersey’s Division on Civil Rights issued subpoenas to investigate possible civil-rights violations at Delaney Hall, a privatized immigration detention center in Newark run by GEO Group, following a detainee death and years of concerns over medical care and conditions, as state leaders push for greater transparency and accountability.
An off-duty GEO Group employee at the Aurora ICE Processing Center fired a single shot at a protester during a confrontation near the facility, wounding her in the lower body. The shooter, 42-year-old Brandon Booth, was detained and faces probable-cause charges including attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, attempted first-degree assault, felony menacing and unlawful carrying of a concealed weapon. The victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries; Booth used a personally owned pistol and fled the area before being stopped. The GEO Group says the employee is on unpaid administrative leave and DHS notes no ICE personnel were involved. The incident adds to scrutiny of ICE amid recent fatal shootings and rising calls for body-worn cameras.
Citizens Bank announced it will end its financial relationship with private prison operators CoreCivic and GEO Group after a sustained public-pressure campaign, reflecting increased scrutiny of the private-prisons industry and a trend of banks reassessing investments in the sector.
An off-duty Geo Group employee at an Aurora, Colorado ICE processing center shot a protester after demonstrators blocked the entrance, injuring a woman with a non-life-threatening wound. The 42-year-old suspect, Brandon Booth, was arrested on charges including attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault; Geo Group placed him on unpaid administrative leave as authorities investigate amid ongoing protests and concerns about detainee conditions at the facility.
An off-duty GEO Group employee, Brandon Booth, 42, was arrested after firing a single shot at two protesters outside the GEO-operated Aurora ICE detention facility; a female protester was wounded but non-fatal. Booth was booked on multiple charges and GEO placed him on unpaid leave while cooperating with police; motive remains unclear as investigators probe the incident.
The GEO Group has signed a multiyear ICE contract to reopen the shuttered Hudson, Colorado prison as the Big Horn Contract Detention Center, adding up to 1,188 detainees and boosting Colorado’s federal detention capacity alongside the Aurora site; the five-year deal is worth up to $528.6 million, with GEO leasing from Highlands REIT and rent beginning later this year. Local officials say they lack detailed operational information and cannot block the plan, while advocates are planning protests.
During a Father’s Day protest outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark, a demonstrator waving an upside-down American flag was hit by a red Dodge Challenger and was not seriously injured, according to the protesters. Ice officers pepper-sprayed demonstrators soon after the collision. The anti-ICE group Visible Brigade alleged the driver was an employee of the GEO Group, though this has not been confirmed, as activists continued their protest demanding detainees be released and the facility closed.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka announced continued efforts to shutter Delaney Hall, a privately run immigration detention center operated by GEO Group, by expanding state and local lawsuits over improper permits and alleged unsafe, unsanitary conditions; New Jersey officials also filed a separate suit alleging GEO blocked health inspectors, while protests and hunger strikes drew attention and prompted a public safety curfew as officials argued the facility is subject to state law despite it being a private operator.
New Jersey’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against Geo Group, the private operator of the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark, seeking a court order for the state health department to have full access for inspections after reports of inhumane and unsanitary conditions and a hunger strike; inspectors had only limited access and were barred from key areas as protests and clashes surrounding the facility continued.
New Jersey filed a lawsuit to obtain court-ordered access for its health department to inspect Delaney Hall, the private GEO Group–run detention center in Newark, amid longstanding allegations of inhumane conditions, reports of hunger strikes, and protests, while DHS denies mistreatment and Newark officials push to close the facility if access is blocked.
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.
Three Democratic senators pressed DHS-linked contractors Salus Worldwide Solutions and GEO Group to retain all messages and records involving Corey Lewandowski, Noem’s adviser and alleged lover, as contracting investigations into Kristi Noem’s DHS tenure intensify and Lewandowski’s influence comes under scrutiny.
The Supreme Court unanimously declined to fast-track GEO Group's appeal in a 2014 suit alleging Colorado immigrant detainees were forced to work for about $1 a day; the ruling is procedural and not a final decision, with GEO arguing immunity as a government contractor as the case continues.
The Supreme Court unanimously allowed a 2014 class-action accusing GEO Group of forcing immigration detainees at its Aurora, Colorado facility to work for about $1 a day to proceed to trial, rejecting GEO’s immunity defense and saying questions about federal authorization must be resolved at trial; it is not a ruling on guilt, but it sets up a path to determine liability.
Four detainees escaped from the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, operated by GEO Group under ICE contract, amid ongoing scrutiny and protests related to immigration enforcement. The escape has prompted alerts to law enforcement, but details of how it occurred are unclear.