People held by ICE dying by suicide at increasing, high rate, AP probe finds
An Associated Press investigation reveals a troubling increase in suicide rates among ICE detainees, with at least 10 deaths since January 2025. Experts attribute this spike to inadequate mental health care and oversight within detention facilities. The findings raise concerns about the treatment of immigrants under the Trump administration's deportation policies.
- ▪At least 10 ICE detainees have died by suicide since January 2025, a rate exceeding the growth of the detainee population.
- ▪Nine of the deceased were Hispanic men, with an average age of 32, and many had no violent crime records.
- ▪The suicides account for nearly a fifth of the 51 deaths in ICE custody since January 2025.
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Politics People held by ICE dying by suicide at increasing, high rate, AP probe finds May 27, 2026 / 6:26 AM EDT / AP Add CBS News on Google Brayan Rayo Garzon was distraught. Detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he was on his fourth day of isolation in a Missouri jail as he battled the fevers and chills of COVID-19. His request for mental health treatment had been put off, records show, and staff had forbidden Rayo from making his nightly call to his mother as a precaution intended to prevent the spread of illness. He pleaded with his jailers in handwritten notes to arrange a conversation with her. "I feel in my heart that she's very worried about me," he wrote in Spanish. A guard collected the note and walked away.
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