Resident describes alleged harsh treatment at Delaney Hall during public comment

During the June 24 public-comment period Kathy Brennan of Hampton Township recounted what she said she had observed and heard about Delaney Hall, a facility where family members have waited to visit detainees. Brennan described long waits, alleged denial of due process for some people, and claims that private contractors profit from detentions.

"They're sitting there basically rotting," Brennan said, describing families who she said had been detained for months. She urged the board to consider "how we treat other people" and recounted witnessing what she described as harsh tactics: "The person that was taken down by about eight of them had her head put over a gutter ... the one ICE agent literally had his hands on her neck. People were afraid that she was going to be choked to death." She also asked whether GEO Group (a private contractor) was profiting from people being detained.

Brennan framed her remarks as an appeal to the board's sense of humanity and urged commissioners to reflect on local impacts of immigration enforcement. The comment period does not create county authority over federal detention or ICE operations; no formal follow-up or county action on the allegations was recorded in the meeting minutes. Commissioners closed the public-comment segment after the time-limited remarks.

The board did not provide an immediate response or investigation plan during the meeting. Brennan's statements were made during the non-agenda public-comment portion of the meeting and represent her observations and allegations; the transcript includes no county confirmation or rebuttal.