cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/43680110
Royer Perez-Jimenez, a 19-year-old from Mexico, died on March 16 at the Glades County Detention Center — a county jail on the western shore of Lake Okeechobee that has long housed immigrant detainees and been the subject of allegations of abuse. According to ICE, Perez “died of a presumed suicide,” although his official cause of death remains under investigation.
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At least 36 people have died in ICE custody since January 2025, according to ICE.
6 Comments
Jumbie@lemmy.zip · 35 pts · 171d
Blink.
. . . And we move on so effortlessly to the next travesty.
This was someone’s child.
Strider@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 170d
Yeah, human behavior. It's someone else's child you don't know.
It hits most people when it's someone else's child you know and the most if it's your own child.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 170d
Also, look at that name. It's a brown kid so who cares
fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 170d
Want boots on the ground in Iran? Send ICE.
Buffalox@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 170d
The only reason it isn't more, is that they haven't finished the gas chambers yet.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 170d
The number of people who died in ICE custody last year tied 2004. The highest since the creation of ICE.