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Gov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey said she was not allowed to speak with immigrants at the Delaney Hall detention center.
June 8, 2026Updated 8:00 p.m. ET
Gov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey on Monday was allowed to visit Delaney Hall, a detention center in Newark that has drawn protests for two weeks after immigrants inside complained about inhumane living conditions.
Ms. Sherrill described the visit as closely controlled and limited, and she said she was not permitted to meet with or speak directly with detainees.
“That is unacceptable,” Ms. Sherrill said in a prepared statement.
Ms. Sherrill, a Democrat, said that she would continue to ask for a more thorough inspection of the center, including a visit by the state’s Department of Health. The New Jersey attorney general has sued the center’s operator, Geo Group, which is one of the largest private prison operators in the United States. The attorney general is asking that state health inspectors be given full access to the facility.
Fights between demonstrators and detention center employees have erupted since last month at the front gates of Delaney Hall, with violent clashes common in the early morning hours. Demonstrators had blocked vehicles trying to leave the center, and in late May, heavily armed federal agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency had responded with pepper spray and pepper balls.
In a statement, Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, said that his department had granted Ms. Sherrill access to the federally run facility despite the fact that she is not a federally elected official. Mr. Mullin said that prisons operated by New Jersey were run more poorly than Delaney Hall.
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