The Emergency at Delaney Hall
Right now, over 1,000 people are detained at Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark — our friends, neighbors, and community members who have been taken by ICE and face deportation. In detention, men and women often purchase their own toiletries due to the poor quality of what they are given, along with staples like rice, noodles and sausage to make up for the frequently inedible food served.
They also must fund communication accounts to make phone and video calls to family, lawyers and friends, providing a critical connection to the outside world and sometimes their only connection to their loved ones. These funds are often vital in providing some comfort in their lives.
The SOMA Mutual Aid Collective is working with other organizations on the ground at Delaney Hall to help fund commissary and communication accounts to those who need — and we urgently need your support.