On Aug. 14, 2023, a hearing took place in federal court to decide whether CoreCivic, a multimillion-dollar company that runs private prisons including the Elizabeth Detention Center, the last ...

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rushed a no-bid contract to pay CoreCivic $4.2 million per month to house ...

Immigration advocates cite horrible conditions at the Elizabeth Detention Center, ... CoreCivic is not aware of any attorneys being denied access to the medical records if this process has been ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement used the pretense of a national emergency to justify a secret, no-bid contract with ...

In 2021, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the private immigration detention ban into law. Since then, three of New Jersey's county jails have shut down with the exception of the one in Elizabeth.

The federal government has joined an attempt by one of the world's largest prison companies to keep open the only detention center in New Jersey used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

ICE first started contracting with CoreCivic for the Elizabeth Detention Center in 2005 and the agreement has been renewed several times since. In that period, two detainees have died while in the ...

Two members of New York’s congressional delegation paid an oversight visit to an immigrant detention center in Elizabeth on Tuesday after a House member from New Jersey was charged with ...

The ACLU and Pax Christi, with the support of 27 nonprofits, filed a brief to bolster NJ's argument it can shut down the Elizabeth Detention Center New Jersey finds allies in fight to shut down ...

U.S. Reps. Adriano Espaillat and Nidia Velazquez, New York City Democrats, were treated 'cordially' and talked mostly to 'average folks,' not criminals, Espaillat said.