Andy Kim
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Demonstrations broke out at the Delaney Hall facility late last month after detainees announced a hunger strike to protest conditions inside the prison.
Within days, U.S.
Senator Andy Kim was given limited access to the facility.
He found the detainees' complaints to be credible.
Kim was back at the detention center on Saturday,
but was denied entry.
Congress has oversight authority over such facilities.
All told, dozens of people have been arrested, a handful have been taken to hospitals, and three separate law enforcement agencies have failed to calm the situation.
And New Jersey is suing the prison's management, demanding access to the facility.
For NPR News, I'm Bruce Convisor in Greenbrook, New Jersey.
Yeah, absolutely.
Well, thanks for shining a light on this because this is a problem not just for us in New Jersey, but all over this country.
This is a facility that has about 800 right now, several hundred of them participating in the hunger strike and the broader protests.
But I was able to go there a couple times and look at some of the things that I've heard most recently.
You know, these are people that are, for instance, a man telling me that he's got stage three lung cancer, doesn't want to be there anymore, willing to go back to his home country, but not being allowed to do so, not getting the medical care that he needs.
You know, there's a pregnant woman there telling me that she's not getting the medical care that she needs as she's gearing up to have a baby.
And she's literally looking me in the eye and she's saying, like, do I need to be prepared to have a baby here in Delaney Hall?
You know, she has no movement on her case, you know, no understanding what's happened next on the courts.
The woman that was translating this for me turned out to be an 18-year-old high school senior who's in there by herself.
I actually talked to her mom outside of Delaney Hall, and she's worried sick.
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