The GEO Group, a Florida-based private prison company operating an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, has faced a flurry of backlash over conditions across multiple facilities.
The company, which runs the Delaney Hall detention center under contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is among the largest private prison operators globally, managing dozens of facilities and tens of thousands of detention beds in the United States and overseas.
As the Trump administration has moved to expand immigration enforcement, it has also increased the use of ICE detention, reopening facilities and awarding new contracts to private prison companies to boost capacity…