NEW! Issues Requiring Action at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark, New Jersey

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Issues Requiring Action at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark, New Jersey

This inspection is part of an ongoing review of ICE detention facilities. While conducting an unannounced visit to the Essex County Correctional Facility using ICE’s 2011 Performance-Based National Detention Standards, we identified serious violations.

During our July 2018 unannounced inspection of the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark, New Jersey, we identified a number of serious issues that violate U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) 2011 Performance-Based National Detention Standards and pose significant health and safety risks at the facility.

Read Report No. OIG-19-20

 

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