#FOIAFriday
Our #DetentionKills network published #FOIA records from ICE that prove the government and its auditors have failed to accurately report and document attempts by people in custody to commit suicide in ICE jails.
Suicide is the leading cause of death in ICE custody
Our #DetentionKills network published #FOIA records from ICE that prove the government and its auditors have failed to accurately report and document attempts by people in custody to commit suicide in ICE jails.
Suicide is the leading cause of death in ICE custody
Here’s a thread on those docs, and what they mean:
Gotta admit: it’s deflating to lay all this out On Here and have the analysis get fewer impressions than snarky GIFs about the Portland Trailblazers I periodically drop into @MattArchambeau1’s feed on @YakimaAbogado’s behalf.
But good messengers don’t blame their audience. So,
But good messengers don’t blame their audience. So,
We might fuck around and host a zoom briefing about these and other records for interested folks. Walking you through them on screen share, answering questions about the docs, laying out their significance, and describing further investigative opportunities for those who care.
To the ICE flak who’s planning an epic dunk on that suicide stat as inaccurate because “natural causes” appears on more death certificates, I’ll save you the self-own: “natural causes” on a death certificate is used by coroners & MEs to distinguish homicides. It’s not a “cause”
