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Residents, union and advocates press Essex County over Delaney Hall and jail conditions
Summary
Public speakers at the Essex County commissioners meeting urged the county to address conditions at Delaney Hall and the county jail, citing a recent $8 million settlement, warnings from correctional staff, visitor restrictions and calls for a local safety net for families affected by immigration enforcement.
Public comment at the Essex County Board of County Commissioners’ Oct. 28 conference meeting centered on complaints about Delaney Hall — a privately operated facility used for some Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees — and broader conditions at county correctional facilities.
"This county just settled an $8,000,000 case," said James Troisi, vice president of FOP Lodge 106 and a representative of supervisory staff at the Essex County Correctional Facility, in remarks during the meeting’s first public-comment block. Troisi said supervisors had issued warnings months before a near-fatal inmate beating, citing unsecured equipment and staffing problems. "We brought that to everybody’s attention months before it happened," he said.
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