Attorney says Newark immigrant center detainee was raped, then transferred 2 days later

The attorney for a man detained at Delaney Hall alleges he was raped by another detainee late last month, and said he was then transferred to another state just two days later.

Hieison Ultengo Ultengo, a 37-year-old Colombian immigrant, was taken to University Hospital after the alleged assault on June 25, according to his lawyer, Catherine Reilly. After receiving treatment, Ultengo returned to Delaney Hall, where he was placed in medical isolation, she said. On June 27, Ultengo was transferred out of Delaney Hall to the Adams County Correction Center in Mississippi, where he remains, according to his lawyer.

“So two days after he was raped, he was transferred,” Reilly said. She added that Ultengo’s family learned of his transfer from other detainees who were housed with him, and that ICE has never given a reason for the move…

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