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Substandard Medical Care in ICE Custody

The quality of medical care provided to people in ICE custody and its relation to deaths in custody.

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Jan 24, 2026
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How many people died in ice custody in 2026

Official reporting shows a small but concerning tally of custody in the opening weeks of 2026: government releases documented four deaths during January 3–9, a subsequent ICE notice announced a death ...

Jan 7, 2026
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Are there official statistics on deaths in ICE custody during the Obama administration?

Official tallies exist but they are unevenly reported and have been interpreted differently by watchdogs, researchers and advocates; ICE and DHS publish lists and death reviews, scholars compute rates...

Jan 26, 2026
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How many people died in ICE custody nationwide each year from 2009 to 2017, and what were the documented causes?

From the available public reporting, precise, independently compiled year-by-year counts of custody for each year 2009–2017 are not fully reproduced in the supplied sources, but official ICE and third...

Jan 28, 2026

What did the Fatal Neglect report document about medical care failures in specific ICE facilities during the Obama years?

The report , produced by the , and the , documents a pattern of clinically significant medical failures at multiple facilities during the years and finds that ICE’s own inspection system repeatedly fa...

Jan 31, 2026

How often do medical examiners rule deaths in ICE custody as homicide, and what investigations or prosecutions have followed such rulings?

Medical examiners have infrequently ruled deaths in custody to be homicides, but recent high-profile cases — notably a Cuban detainee in and the fatal shooting of — have thrust those rulings into nati...

Jan 16, 2026

Has there been any ice agent deaths related to undocumented immigrants and or us citizens?

A review of the reporting shows no documented case in the provided sources of an ICE agent being killed by an undocumented immigrant or by a U.S. citizen; deaths connected to ICE in recent years inste...