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Committee member says Delaney Hall detainees face neglect under GEO Group contract
Summary
A committee member told the Judiciary committee that Delaney Hall, run by GEO Group under an approximately $1 billion contract, detains many non‑criminal immigrants and that detainees report rotten food, overcrowding and denied medical care.
A committee member told the Judiciary committee that Delaney Hall, a private detention facility operated by GEO Group under "a 1000000000 dollar government contract," holds hundreds of people detained on civil immigration charges and that many are held without criminal records. "Roughly 90 percent of the 891 people detained at Delaney on April had no criminal record," the committee member said, citing DHS accounting.
The member described multiple allegations from detainees and lawyers, including rotten or expired meals and overcrowding that forced people to sleep on floors. He also cited a May hunger and labor strike by about 300 detainees and referred to an oversight visit by Senator Andy Kim that reportedly found spoiled milk. The speaker urged investigations into Delaney Hall and similar facilities, arguing that profit motives and insufficient oversight have contributed to poor ventilation, inadequate medical care and other harmful conditions.
