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Support Families at Delaney Hall

Thousands of families have had their primary breadwinner detained. At Delaney Hall, we provide assistance by offering free groceries and gift cards to support families experiencing food insecurity when they visit.

Become a partner for $10 a month

Our mission is to help families victimized by immigration enforcement

ICE apprehends individuals from across the mid-Atlantic region and detains them at Delaney Hall in Newark. Families often drive for hours for the opportunity of a 30 minute or one-hour visit. 


Food4NJ provides assistance directly to families in four ways:


1. Packing bags of groceries and distributing to families as they leave visitation at Delaney Hall

2. Distributing grocery store gift cards to families in a coordinated effort with other mutual aid groups so that we reach as many families as possible

3. Providing  Uber rides to families so they can visit their loved ones

4. Providing Uber rides to detainees who have been released and need a ride home


Our goal is to build a network of  partners who can contribute $10 a month to provide hope and assistance to these families.  One-time donations are of course gratefully accepted!  


Please join the over 1,000 people who have joined us to help Delaney Hall familes!  While we are able to provide some assistance to over 50 families each week -- it is heartbreaking to see just as many families head home empty-handed.

Become a partner for $10 a month

About Delaney Hall

A notorious private prison in Newark

Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ, is a 1,000-bed detention facility operated by The GEO Group under contract with ICE. 


GEO signed a 15-year agreement valued at roughly $1 billion to reopen and manage the center, which is located on Doremus Avenue and is part of ICE’s network of privately run detention sites. 

News & Observations

Here is what we put in the grocery bags on a typcial week:

Groceries in blue Walmart bags lined up on a table with a dog lying underneath.

A typical grocery bag contains:

  • pasta
  • sauce
  • rice
  • beans
  • evaporated milk
  • savory spice e.g. chili powder, garlic powder, paprika, cumin
  • cinnamon powder/sticks or sugar
  • rolled oats
  • salty snack e.g. crackers, chips 
  • sweet snack e.g. cookies, granola bars, wafers
  • peanut butter or hazelnut spread
  • jam/jelly
  • shelf stable real fruit juice/milk
  • cereal e.g. Cheerios
  • loaf of bread or tortillas 
  • toothpaste
  • toothbrush
  • soap
  • fresh mixed produce

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Donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.  Matching eligible on Benevity.

Contact us at food4NJ@peebles.net

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