DHS Releases Records in 41-Year-Old Detainee's Death as 1,000-Bed Delaney Hall Faces Scrutiny
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 5
DHS Releases Records in 41-Year-Old Detainee's Death as 1,000-Bed Delaney Hall Faces Scrutiny
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 5
Summary
Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, died after being taken from Newark's Delaney Hall to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Saturday.
DHS said Wednesday that New Jersey hospital officials and the state medical examiner would provide medical records to his relatives, after the family demanded answers about how he died.
Delaney Hall, reopened in 2025 as part of President Trump's deportation push, now holds up to 1,000 migrants and is operated by Geo Group under a $1 billion, 15-year federal contract.
The death has renewed scrutiny of conditions inside federal migrant holding cells and added to earlier calls from relatives and advocates for an independent investigation and the facility's closure.