N.J. mayor wanted ICE detention center inspected before 4 detainees escaped. ‘I told you so ...’

Protests at Delaney Hall

Advocates for detainees at Delaney Hall protest on Tuesday outside the ICE detention facility in NewarkJelani Gibson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

The code violations were serious.

The city of Newark had hit Delaney Hall — the troubled immigrant detention center now the focus of mounting scrutiny in the wake of the escape of four detainees — with multiple safety citations, according to court filings.

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