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New Tool Now Available: The ICE Detention Mortality Dashboard
A new interactive tool from Relevant Research tracks the growing number of deaths inside ICE's civil immigrant detention system, with links to source…
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Edwin Lopez-Cornejo Is the 23rd Person to Die in ICE Custody in 2026
Edwin Lopez-Cornejo died at Delaney Hall in Newark, six weeks into ICE custody. He is the 23rd person to die in ICE detention this year and the second…
Aug 4
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ICE Reports 22nd Detention Death of 2026: Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, Dies During a Transfer in Georgia
Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva died during a transfer out of the Irwin County Detention Center, four days after his arrest. He is the 50th person to die in…
Jul 15
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Inside Human Rights Watch's Investigation of ICE's Minneapolis Operation and Rising Detention Deaths
Human Rights Watch's Brian Root and Reagan Williams on the data behind ICE's Minneapolis surge, the rising death toll in US immigration detention, and…
Jul 10
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An 85-Year Old German Man is the 21st Person to Die in ICE Custody in 2026
Adrian Andreas Florian was transferred from ICE detention near the border to Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen on November 4, 2025. He was…
Jul 3
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ICE Reports 20th Detained Death of 2026, 63-year-old Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez from Mexico
Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez, a 63-year-old man from Mexico, died in ICE custody on June 19, 2026, after he was found unresponsive at the Webb County…
Jun 26
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ICE Reports 19th Death of 2026: Georgian National Mamuka Artmeladze Dies at Winn Correctional
Mamuka was not a public safety threat, may not have broken a single law, couldn't be deported, and shouldn't have been arrested. ICE forced taxpayers to…
Jun 8
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Denny Adan Gonzalez is the 18th Reported ICE Detention Death of 2026
Denny Adan Gonzalez, a 33-year-old man from Cuba, died on April 28 at the Stewart Detention Center in rural Georgia in a suspected suicide.
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Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt is the 17th Reported ICE Detention Death of 2026
Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt, a 27-year-old man from Cuba, died on April 12, one day after the 16th death of the year. The pace of detention deaths…
Apr 17
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Detention Deaths, Deportation Numbers, and Systemic Violence: My Conversation on The Majority Report
I joined Emma Vigeland to discuss the 16th detention death of 2026, the for-profit detention pipeline in rural Louisiana, and what the latest…
Apr 16
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ICE Detention and Deportation by the Numbers
ICE published updated detention data last week. Get a full explanation of the data below (great for new readers), see my revised approach to data viz…
Apr 15
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ICE Reports 16th Detained Death of 2026 at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana
Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, a 49-year-old man from Mexico, died on April 11 at a private prison in rural Louisiana. The pace of one death every 6 days…
Apr 13
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