A detained man died at a Georgia immigration facility amid an ongoing hunger strike
Luis Sandoval, a man detained at Georgia’s Folkston immigration detention center, died after being found with a ligature around his neck, ICE said. The agency said he was found at 1:46 a.m. and pronounced dead 42 minutes later. ICE did not say whether he had joined the reported hunger strike; an investigation and autopsy are planned.
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A 48-year-old Salvadoran man detained at Georgia’s Folkston immigration detention center died early Friday, as a reported hunger strike continued there. ICE identified him as Luis Sandoval and said he was found with a ligature around his neck at 1:46 a.m. He received medical attention but was pronounced dead 42 minutes later. ICE’s statement did not say whether Sandoval had participated in the strike. It said an investigation, including an autopsy, would be conducted; an ICE review of the case said the facility’s medical care contributed to his death. The Guardian reported that officials allegedly threatened hunger strikers with force-feeding. In an Oct. 22 letter, Georgia senators Ossoff and Warnock urged an unannounced inspection and sought information on hunger strikers’ medical evaluations and hospital transfers.
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Both results report a death at the Folkston, Georgia immigration detention facility in the context of an ongoing hunger strike. The Current provides details of the death and notes the strike’s continuation; The Guardian reports the same central event.