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ICE policy titled Notification, Review, and Reporting Requirements for Detainee Deaths
The count of custody has spiked in 2025 to the highest level since 2004, with ICE and multiple news outlets reporting roughly 30–32 deaths for the calendar year as detention populations surged — a ris...
’s own public tallies for the opening months of ’s second term are inconsistent across official outlets but fall in roughly the 18–32 range depending on the date and which ICE posting is cited; indepe...
Federal agencies — principally under — maintain a formal notification and reporting policy for deaths in custody, including a that requires timely reporting and internal review . Yet public tallies, i...
Requests for Notification (Form I-247N and its successors) ask local law enforcement agencies only to tell when a suspected removable person will be released, while traditional I-247 detainer forms (a...
Most independent reporting and rights groups conclude that for people in custody in two decades, with journalists and NGOs naming 32 deaths; official ICE notices and some contemporaneous tallies were ...
Public records and reporting show a marked rise in deaths in custody during — with 2025 alone reaching and the fiscal year described as the deadliest since 2004 — while watchdog tallies for prior admi...