New Jersey alleges 'unsanitary' conditions in migrant facility rocked by protests

New Jersey alleges 'unsanitary' conditions in migrant facility rocked by protests35 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleKayla EpsteinNew YorkBBC at New Jersey detention centre as curfew enforcedNada TawfikNorth America correspondent, in Newark, New JerseyNew Jersey has sued the operator of an immigration detention centre that has become a flashpoint over allegations of inhumane conditions for detainees.The lawsuit demands the facility's owner, GEO Group, a private contractor, allow state health inspectors more access to the facility in the city of Newark, alleging "unsanitary food and drink preparation and storage".The New Jersey health department also received a report of "potentially inadequate Tuberculosis infection control practices", according to the legal action.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said health inspectors had already been granted access to the facilitynew and the lawsuit was "frivolous".Getty ImagesProtesters and police clash outside Delaney Hall detention centre in Newark on 30 May."ICE is committed to transparency, and Delaney Hall complies with all required state and local laws," the DHS statement said.The agency also said that four representatives of the New Jersey State Health Department had been allowed into the facility on 28 May and they "inspected the foodservice department".But New Jersey alleges their access did not go far enough.The state attorney general's lawsuit alleges that GEO Group turned away inspectors on 27 May, citing a high number of congressional visitors. Access granted the following day to health department inspectors was "severely limited", the lawsuit alleges. The legal action also says the officials were denied access to Delaney Hall's medical unit that day."If the GEO Group - with a $1 billion government contract - has nothing to hide and the conditions inside Delaney Hall are as safe and as sanitary as this pri...