Second Detainee Death in Eight Months at New Jersey's Delaney Hall ICE Facility

Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, died August 1, 2026, after a medical emergency at Delaney Hall, a GEO Group-operated ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey. His family says he was denied medication for diabetes and seizures. ICE says he received proper care. No cause of death has been determined. This is the second detainee fatality at Delaney Hall in eight months, after Jean Wilson Brutus died there in December 2025.