Delaney Hall, a privately operated detention center in Newark, drew national attention on Friday as Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor, was arrested outside the facility ...

FILE - Congresswoman Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., speaks to the press after Newark mayor Ras Baraka was arrested while protesting at Delaney Hall ICE detention prison, May 9, 2025, in Newark, N.J.

In November 2004, Obalaji Baraka was sentenced to a year of probation for a third-degree aggravated assault conviction in a domestic violence incident, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s ...

Gov. Phil Murphy, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and a builder of film and television production facilities came together on ...