New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said she’s contacted federal immigration authorities to demand access to Delaney Hall, the Newark detention center where roughly 300 detainees launched a hunger and labor strike Friday to protest conditions they describe as inhumane.
“I’m deeply disturbed by reports of the poor conditions at Delaney Hall,” Sherrill said in a statement Saturday. “Unsafe, inhumane, and unconstitutional living conditions are completely unacceptable.”
Sherrill, a first-year Democrat who has previously called for the facility’s closure, said her office is coordinating with New Jersey’s congressional delegation and immigrant rights advocates…