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.

At least 36 people have died in ICE custody since January 2025, according to ICE.

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    At least 36 people have died in ICE custody since January 2025, according to ICE.

    The only reason it isn’t more, is that they haven’t finished the gas chambers yet.

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      The number of people who died in ICE custody last year tied 2004. The highest since the creation of ICE.

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    Blink.

    . . . And we move on so effortlessly to the next travesty.

    This was someone’s child.

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      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.