Landlord Sues New Jersey Immigration Jail for Alleged Dangerous Conditions
The owners of a warehouse being used to hold immigrant detainees in Elizabeth, New Jersey, claim conditions at the facility are unsafe.
The owners of a warehouse being used to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in Elizabeth, New Jersey, are claiming the conditions at the facility are unsafe and have filed a lawsuit to end ICE’s lease. The lawsuit alleges CoreCivic, a private prison operator, infringed its contract by not following the safety guidelines to reduce the spread of COVID-19 within the facility. The Elizabeth jail had the most COVID-19 cases of immigration jails in the region. A dozen detainees were reported as having the virus last week. Several counties in New Jersey have recently moved to stop admitting new ICE detainees. Gothamist