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Four Detainees Flee Delaney Hall ICE Center, Prompting Manhunt and Evacuation

Federal officials have offered a $10,000 reward with the center under evacuation for a security review that could end its operations

A view of security fencing at Delaney Hall, a 1,000-person detention center operated by private prison company GEO Group for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 10, 2025. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Delaney Hall, a migrant detention facility, on June 12, 2025 in Newark, N.J.
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Overview

  • Four detainees — Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes, Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez, Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada and Andres Pineda-Mogollon — forced through a weak interior wall on June 12 and escaped from the Delaney Hall facility in Newark.
  • The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have issued a $10,000 reward and enlisted multiple law enforcement agencies in an ongoing manhunt for the escapees.
  • Delaney Hall, run by the GEO Group under a $1 billion contract with ICE, has been evacuated while officials conduct a security review that may lead to its closure.
  • Immigration attorneys and advocacy groups say the disturbance was triggered by delayed meals and poor conditions, fueling protests and calls for greater oversight.
  • Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has filed a lawsuit challenging his May trespassing arrest during a protest and Rep. LaMonica McIver has been indicted on federal charges for impeding officers during that same oversight visit.