Elder Guerra, a Guatemalan immigrant detained at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, suffered a head injury after slipping in the shower. Rather than receiving proper medical treatment, he was placed in isolation. His case surfaced amid a hunger and labor strike launched by roughly 300 detainees at the privately operated facility, who were protesting spoiled food, overcrowding, filthy bathrooms, and denial of medical care. Advocates have pointed to his treatment as part of a broader pattern of medical neglect at the facility.