A group of New Jersey Democratic congress members are condemning the treatment of visitors to Delaney Hall, the immigration jail in Newark run by the for-profit private prison company GEO Group.

“It has come to our attention that individuals visiting their loved ones have been routinely subjected to inhumane and unsafe conditions while waiting for entry into the facility,” the group wrote in a letter addressed to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and GEO Group CEO David Donahue. In July, an appeals court struck down New Jersey’s ban on private prisons.

Democratic lawmakers Donald Norcross, Frank Pallone, Robert J. Menendez, Josh Gottheimer, LaMonica McIver, and Nellie Pou signed the letter. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee for governor, did not si

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