March 10, 2026
A brief explainer about what’s public and knowable when it comes to deaths in ICE custody.
The state’s means of controlling knowledge production about deaths in ICE detention exists to mislead, confuse, and obscure. Countering it requires us to coordinate and produce reliable, fact-based narratives.
Links:
Near real-time updated list:
www.tinyurl.com/ICEDeaths
UCLA Behind Bars
https://uclaprisondata.org/ice-deaths-in-custody
ICE Newsroom:
https://www.ice.gov/newsroom
ICE Death Reporting:
https://www.ice.gov/detain/detainee-death-reporting
AILA Deaths List:
https://www.aila.org/library/deaths-at-adult-detention-centers
