Delaney Hall’s Shifting Detainee Landscape | New York City News

ICE’s Delaney Hall detention center saw a dramatic shift after a hunger and work strike in May, with hundreds of detainees transferred out in days — slashing the population from over 700 to around 420. Advocates suspect these moves were a deliberate strategy to break the strike and sever detainees’ ties to support networks. Gabriela Soto, whose husband Martin was a strike leader now in solitary, warns that frequent transfers isolate people and hinder legal aid and family connections. Even as protests have faded, transfers remain alarmingly high — more than before the strike — with detainees spending less time at the facility and leaving primarily through movement, not deportations or court releases. New detainees, many with no criminal record, continue to arrive amid this relentless churn. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/9e6531e54d71e3d5