Medical examiner: Eloy immigration detainee committed suicide
Paul Ingram
Tucson Sentinel
Jun 17, 2015, 3:32 pm
http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061715_eloy_death/medical-examiner-eloy-immigration-detainee-committed-suicide/
An immigrant who died in custody at the Eloy Detention Center last month [May 2015] committed suicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner.
Jose de Jesus Denis-Sahagun., a 31-year old Mexican national was found dead in his cell by staff on May 20 at the center 50 miles north of Tucson, two days after arriving at the facility. […]
Deniz-Sahagun is the fourth detainee to die in ICE custody in fiscal year 2015, the agency said.
In 2013, two detainees committed suicide by hanging themselves in their cells at the Eloy Detention Center, and since October 2003 there have been 14 deaths at the facility, which holds 1,550 immigration detainees.
Another death at Eloy migrant-detention center
A Guatemalan woman is the 15th from the facility to die since 2003, the highest among detention centers in the nation, according to a Republic investigation.
Daniel González
The Republic
Published 7:45 p.m. MT Nov. 28, 2016
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/border-issues/2016/11/28/another-death-eloy-migrant-detention-center/94574478/
Another detainee from the deadliest immigration detention center in the nation died this week.
The detainee, a 36-year-old woman from Guatemala, died Sunday [11/27/16] at Banner Casa Grande Medical Center, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. She was being held at the Eloy Detention Center, which an investigation by The Arizona Republic found to have the highest number of deaths in the U.S. […]
Calderon is the third person in ICE custody to die since the start of fiscal year 2017 on Oct. 1 and the 15th tied to the Eloy Detention Center since 2003.
The 15 deaths represent 9 percent of the 165 immigration detainees who have died in ICE custody since 2003, according to ICE statistics. […]
ICE contracts with the Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America to operate the 1,550-bed Eloy Detention Center in Pinal County, 60 miles south of Phoenix. CCA is one of the largest private prison operators in the country.
Critics contend that privately run immigration-detention centers in an effort to maximize profits provide inadequate medical care that has contributed to numerous deaths.
22 immigrants died in ICE detention centers during the past 2 years
An NBC News analysis of dozens of government reports, death reviews and audits of ICE detention centers reveals a system long riddled with problems.
By Lisa Riordan Seville, Hannah Rappleye and Andrew W. Lehren
NBC News
Jan. 6, 2019, 5:10 AM MST
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/22-immigrants-died-ice-detention-centers-during-past-2-years-n954781
The 22 immigrants who died in the nation's sprawling network of detention centers over the past two years came to the United States from countries as far-flung as Vietnam, and as close as Mexico. Some had been longtime legal residents, arriving as refugees or students. Others were recent asylum seekers. Many were young — half were not yet 45 years old.
Fourth person in six months dies in ICE immigration detention center
Rebekah L. Sanders
Arizona Republic
Published 8:15 p.m. ET April 6, 2019
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/06/abel-reyes-clemente-fourth-person-die-ice-custody-6-months-detainee-immigration/3390939002/
PHOENIX – A 54-year-old Mexican man held in a detention center by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement died this week after showing signs of the flu, the federal agency said.
Abel Reyes-Clemente is the fourth person to die in ICE custody since Oct. 1 [2018], officials said. Two children held by the border patrol began vomiting and died in December. Lawsuits have alleged poor hygiene and medical care at detention centers.