Immigration enforcement / Individual records
Deaths, injuries and mistreatment in immigration detention and enforcement, and the investigations into what happened.
People in immigration custody depend on public agencies and, in many facilities, private contractors for their health and safety. These records follow deaths, nonfatal injuries, abuse and mistreatment, identifying the people affected, the facilities and the evidence about what happened.
The detention-death material includes mortality research reproduced by Human Rights Watch, with reported medical accounts and the facilities involved. Individual records explain the reported cause and investigative findings, including questions that remain unresolved.
ICE, CBP and local agencies have different roles. Each entry identifies the agency supported by its sources and records whether the outcome was fatal, nonfatal or unknown.
Geography: ICE custody / United States
Period end / as of: 2026-03-18
Published: 2026-03-18
Method: KFF analysis of federal reporting
This window crosses fiscal years. Not a homicide count and not all deaths attributable to ICE misconduct.
Source record ↗Geography: ICE custody / United States
Period end / as of: 2025-09-30
Published: 2026-04-01
Method: JAMA research review of ICE custody deaths
Research reports FY2025 n=23; validate FY labeling when comparing other datasets.
Source record ↗Geography: ICE custody / United States
Period end / as of: 2026-01-19
Published: 2026-04-01
Method: JAMA research; partial FY2026 Oct 1 2025-Jan 19 2026
Partial FY2026 only; not an October 2026 count.
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