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Detainee Death Reporting

The procedures and protocols for reporting deaths in ICE custody, including the 12-hour notification requirement.

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Jan 14, 2026
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How many deaths occurred in ICE detention facilities each year from 2003 to 2025 according to DHS and advocacy groups?

A complete year-by-year tally of deaths in ICE custody from 2003–2025 cannot be compiled from the reporting provided; DHS/ICE has made systematic public death reports only since FY2018 and advocates’ ...

Jan 29, 2026
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How many ICE custody deaths were recorded by year and by citizenship from 2009–2017 (official ICE/DHS data)?

Official / records do exist that enumerate through mid‑2017 and include nationality/citizenship fields, but the specific year‑by‑year counts broken down by citizenship for 2009–2017 are not fully repr...

Feb 2, 2026

What official counts exist for deaths in ICE custody and how have oversight bodies quantified them?

Official tallies of deaths "in custody" exist in multiple, sometimes overlapping forms: agency-maintained Detainee Death Reports and newsroom tallies, congressional and inspector-general reviews, and ...

Jan 17, 2026

Where can I download ICE’s official detainee death reports and fiscal-year tallies to build a year-by-year table?

The official ICE detainee death reports are published on ICE’s Detainee Death Reporting page and individual PDF reports are provided beginning with Fiscal Year 2018 . Fiscal-year tallies and annual de...