Officials say vacant N.J. jail will not be sold for use as ICE detention center
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Union County says migrant jail ‘off the table’ for old county lockup
Union County officials are proposing to sell the building that contains the county jail, which has been largely empty for years. (Photo by New Jersey Monitor)Union County’s manager said officials will not permit the county jail to be used for immigrant detention, ending months of speculation and community concern that the largely shuttered property would be sold to a for-profit prison company for immigration enforcement. County Manager Edward Oa…
Officials say vacant N.J. jail will not be sold for use as ICE detention center
Union County officials were cheered by opponents of private immigration detention centers on Thursday, when they announced they would not sell the county’s vacant jail to any buyer that would use it to house ICE immigration detainees.
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