ICE awards GEO Group a 15-year, $1 billion contract to reopen Delaney Hall as a 1,000-bed Newark detention facility

ICE awarded GEO Group a 15-year fixed-price contract worth approximately $1 billion to reopen and operate Delaney Hall in Newark as a 1,000-bed immigration detention facility. The contract, dated February 26, 2025, projected more than $60 million in annualized first-year revenues. Acting ICE Director Caleb Vitello cited the facility's proximity to Newark Liberty International Airport as a logistical benefit. Delaney Hall had previously operated as a smaller detention facility from 2011 to 2017; the new contract multiplied New Jersey's detention capacity roughly fourfold.