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Answer: Since it opened in 1993, but then it was operated by Esmor. INS found that guards treated people with "capricious cruelty". While the operators have changed, it's still a miserable place that needs to be closed. #ICEOutOfNJ #FreeThemAll #DignityNotDetention
One of the women who was held at the Elizabeth Detention Center in those early years was Fauziya Kassindja who fled her country of Togo to escape a forced marriage and female genital mutilation. She came to the US seeking asylum but was jailed instead. pbs.org/speaktruthtopo…
Fauziya and the 60 other women who were detained there were strip searched and forced to shower within sight of male guards. They were placed in solitary for minor infractions and sometimes chained and shackled.
