Zuky: Deaths in ICE Prisons

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Deaths in ICE Prisons

Washington Post reporters Dana Priest and Amy Goldstein have posted the first piece of their 4-part series "Careless Detention" about medical neglect and abuse in immigrant prisons. Here's a map showing the locations of 83 deaths which the investigation uncovered:

List of Questionable Deaths in Detention

Name
Location of Death Date of Death Age Country of Birth

Luis Dubegel-Paez
Rolling Plains Detention Facility (Tex.) 3/14/08 60 Cuba

Francisco Castaneda
Home after release from Otay Mesa (Calif.) 2/16/08 36 El Salvador

Juan Alejandro Guevara-Lazaro
Thomason Hospital (Tex.) 8/13/07 21 Mexico

Rosa Contreras-Dominquez
El Paso Service Processing Center (Tex.) 8/7/07 35 Mexico

Victor Arellano
Little Company of Mary San Pedro Hospital (Calif.) 7/20/07 23 Mexico

Boubacar Bah
University of Medicine (N.J.) 5/30/07 52 Guinea

Nery Romero
Bergen County Jail (N.J.) 2/12/07 22 El Salvador

Jesus Cervantes-Corona
Northwest Detention Center (Wash.) 11/18/06 42 Mexico

Antonio Martinez-Rivas
Houston Contract Detention Facility (Tex.) 10/4/06 44 Mexico

Carlos Cortez-Raudel
Mira Loma Detention Center (Calif.) 10/3/06 22 Mexico

Jose Lopez-Gregorio
Eloy Federal Contract Facility (Ariz.) 9/29/06 32 Guatemala

Yusif Osman
Otay Mesa detention facility (Calif.) 6/27/06 34 Ghana

Miguel Rodriguez-Gonzalez
San Pedro Peninsula Hospital (Calif.) 5/21/06 43 Mexico

Geovanny Garcia-Mejia
Newton County Correctional Center (Tex.) 3/18/06 27 Honduras

Felipe Garcia-Sanchez
Oakdale Federal Detention Center (La.) 2/10/06 21 Colombia

Juan Salazar-Gomez
Eloy Federal Contract Facility (Ariz.) 12/14/05 29 Mexico

Reinaldo Prado-Arencilia
Northeast Medical Center (Tex.) 10/3/05 37 Cuba

Walter Alvarez-Esquivel
Laredo Medical Center (Tex.) 6/30/05 46 Guatemala

Hassiba Belbachir
McHenry County Jail (Ill.) 3/17/05 27 Algeria

Sung Soo Heo
Passaic County Jail (N.J.) 2/16/05 51 Korea

Ignacio Sarabia-Vallasenor
Otay Mesa detention facility (Calif.) 1/4/05 32 Mexico

Joseph Dantica
Jackson Memorial Hospital (Fla.) 11/3/04 81 Haiti

Simon Reyes-Altimirano
Mesa Hills Specialty Hospital (Tex.) 10/12/04 25 Hondurus

Ervin Ruiz-Tabares
Guaynabo Metropolitan Detention Center (P.R.) 9/25/04 24 Colombia

Sebastian Mejia Vicentes
Hampton Roads Regional Jail (Va.) 8/22/04 27 Mexico

Juan Figueredo-Lopez
U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners (Mo.) 5/29/04 45 Cuba

Cesar Rioz-Martinez
Frio County Jail (Tex.) 2/16/04 25 Mexico

Adetunji Popoola
Parkland Memorial Hospital (Tex.) 2/1/04 48 Nigeria

Bill Roy Kurt Marion
San Diego Correctional Facility (Calif.) 7/31/03 ? Unknown

Kwan A. Chong
San Pedro/UCLA-Harbor Hospital (Calif.) 6/10/03 ? Unknown

Name Location of Death	Date of Death	Age	Country of Birth
Luis Dubegel-Paez Rolling Plains Detention Facility (Tex.)	3/14/08	60	Cuba
Francisco Castaneda Home after release from Otay Mesa (Calif.)	2/16/08	36	El Salvador
Juan Alejandro Guevara-Lazaro Thomason Hospital (Tex.)	8/13/07	21	Mexico
Rosa Contreras-Dominquez El Paso Service Processing Center (Tex.)	8/7/07	35	Mexico
Victor Arellano Little Company of Mary San Pedro Hospital (Calif.)	7/20/07	23	Mexico
Boubacar Bah University of Medicine (N.J.)	5/30/07	52	Guinea
Nery Romero Bergen County Jail (N.J.)	2/12/07	22	El Salvador
Jesus Cervantes-Corona Northwest Detention Center (Wash.)	11/18/06	42	Mexico
Antonio Martinez-Rivas Houston Contract Detention Facility (Tex.)	10/4/06	44	Mexico
Carlos Cortez-Raudel Mira Loma Detention Center (Calif.)	10/3/06	22	Mexico
Jose Lopez-Gregorio Eloy Federal Contract Facility (Ariz.)	9/29/06	32	Guatemala
Yusif Osman Otay Mesa detention facility (Calif.)	6/27/06	34	Ghana
Miguel Rodriguez-Gonzalez San Pedro Peninsula Hospital (Calif.)	5/21/06	43	Mexico
Geovanny Garcia-Mejia Newton County Correctional Center (Tex.)	3/18/06	27	Honduras
Felipe Garcia-Sanchez Oakdale Federal Detention Center (La.)	2/10/06	21	Colombia
Juan Salazar-Gomez Eloy Federal Contract Facility (Ariz.)	12/14/05	29	Mexico
Reinaldo Prado-Arencilia Northeast Medical Center (Tex.)	10/3/05	37	Cuba
Walter Alvarez-Esquivel Laredo Medical Center (Tex.)	6/30/05	46	Guatemala
Hassiba Belbachir McHenry County Jail (Ill.)	3/17/05	27	Algeria
Sung Soo Heo Passaic County Jail (N.J.)	2/16/05	51	Korea
Ignacio Sarabia-Vallasenor Otay Mesa detention facility (Calif.)	1/4/05	32	Mexico
Joseph Dantica Jackson Memorial Hospital (Fla.)	11/3/04	81	Haiti
Simon Reyes-Altimirano Mesa Hills Specialty Hospital (Tex.)	10/12/04	25	Hondurus
Ervin Ruiz-Tabares Guaynabo Metropolitan Detention Center (P.R.)	9/25/04	24	Colombia
Sebastian Mejia Vicentes Hampton Roads Regional Jail (Va.)	8/22/04	27	Mexico
Juan Figueredo-Lopez U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners (Mo.)	5/29/04	45	Cuba
Cesar Rioz-Martinez Frio County Jail (Tex.)	2/16/04	25	Mexico
Adetunji Popoola Parkland Memorial Hospital (Tex.)	2/1/04	48	Nigeria
Bill Roy Kurt Marion San Diego Correctional Facility (Calif.)	7/31/03	?	Unknown
Kwan A. Chong San Pedro/UCLA-Harbor Hospital (Calif.)	6/10/03	?	Unknown

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Thanks for posting this. Business of Detention is a multimedia critique at the prison industry's role in these abuses by two graduate journalism students at Columbia. Worth a look.

Posted by: Ansel | Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 09:38 PM

Yeah..."questionable" deaths.

Posted by: nezua | Monday, May 12, 2008 at 08:41 AM

Ansel, thanks for the link, will check it out.

Nez, yeah "questionable" is a helluva way to put it, right? Questionable indeed.

Posted by: Kai | Monday, May 12, 2008 at 12:06 PM

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