New Jersey lawmakers seek to tax private prisons following Delaney Hall controversy

By: By Devon Williams

Outlets: NJ State House News Service

Published: June 8, 2026

Words: 693

Last Updated: 3 days, 14 hours ago

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TRENTON, N.J. – After weeks of protests over alleged inhumane conditions at Newark’s Delaney Hall immigration detention facility, lawmakers advanced a bill Monday that would tax private prison operators and direct the revenue toward legal aid and community programs for detainees.

Delaney Hall and Elizabeth Detention Center are the only two privately operated prisons in New Jersey, both of which are under contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and occupied by …

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