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Episode 61

Release Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2026

There are people in America right now writing S.O.S. letters from inside a detention center.

Not in a movie.

Not in another country.

Right here. Right now.

In this episode of Sassy Politics, Christi Chanelle takes a deep dive into Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark, New Jersey—a facility operating under a contract worth approximately one billion dollars over fifteen years.

Who profits when detention becomes a business?

What happens when families, activists, clergy members, and elected officials refuse to look away?

Why are people standing outside the gates day after day, linking arms, risking arrest, and demanding answers?

And what do reports from detainees, family members, advocates, and members of Congress reveal about conditions inside?

This episode follows the money, the contracts, the corporate incentives, the protests, and the human stories at the center of it all.

Because eventually every political issue becomes personal to somebody.

And for the families outside Delaney Hall, it's already personal.

In This Episode

✔ The history of private detention in America

✔ How GEO Group became one of the largest detention contractors in the country

✔ The billion-dollar contract behind Delaney Hall

✔ Reports from detainees, families, and members of Congress

✔ The hunger strike and S.O.S. letter

✔ Gabriela Soto and the families fighting for answers

✔ Why protesters are linking arms and standing in front of vehicles

✔ Senator Andy Kim, Governor Mikie Sherrill, and the growing public pressure campaign

✔ The four levels of action anyone can take

✔ What YOU can do next

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