detainee deaths are a regular fixture of immigration detention. For example, beginning in October 2023, there has been a death announced every month except for January (with two people dying in December 2023) during FY2024 (September 2023 to October 2024).

https://www.aila.org/library/deaths-at-adult-detention-centers

In the 500 days between President Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025 and June 4, 2026, 52 people died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in the United States. The mortality rate of deaths in ICE custody is at its highest level in over a decade and has more than doubled since Trump’s second term began. The rate is nearly four times that of the Biden administration, and more than two and a half times as high as that of the first Trump administration. The current trend-level rate is now even higher than during the Covid-19 pandemic.

https://www.hrw.org/report/2026/06/25/dying-in-detention/rising-deaths-in-an-expanding-us-immigration-detention-system

Deaths inside of immigration detention centers are rising and now occur at a rate of roughly one every six days.

https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/deaths-in-detention-ice-is-rapidly-expanding-detention-camps-into-warehouses-despite-record-deaths