“Some women have been victims of sexual assault by a guard who who gropes them during a food search and leers at them,” writes one detained woman. “The pain and fear are taking a physical toll on us, we are losing our hair, some of us are suffering from anxiety attacks, we cannot sleep …”
Gabe Ortíz
“We are not criminals. We are mothers, daughters, sisters, we do not deserve the punishment that has been inflicted upon us.”
This is the fifth letter to be published publicly from inside Delaney Hall, and the first from the women’s unit.
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It has been 20 days since the hunger and labor strike was first announced at Delaney Hall.
Today, Cosecha NJ shares:
Dozens of women continue the relay of the labor and hunger strike saying, "We are mothers, daughters & sisters. We are people and we demand justice."
