Section 9 Cause of Death

Form G-324A contains fields for reporting cause of death (COD) for persons incarcerated by ICE and persons incarcerated not by ICE. The non-ICE COD reporting is presumably for corrections facilities where ICE has civil immigration detention bed contracts.

Table 9.1: COD Totals by Category
cod_type total
total_cod 76
cod_natural_ice 12
cod_suicide_ice 3
cod_other_ice 2
cod_homicide_ice 0
Total 93
Table 9.2: COD by Facility
Facility Facility Operator COD Total COD Total by Inspection
East Hidalgo Detention Center The GEO Group, Inc.  5 5
Cibola County Correctional Center CoreCivic 5 2
Butler County Jail Butler County Sheriff’s Office 4 4
CCA Florence Correctional Center CoreCivic 4 4
Western Tennessee Detention Facility CoreCivic 4 4
Joe Corley Processing Center The GEO Group, Inc.  3 2
Alamance County Detention Center Alamance County Sherrif’s Office 2 1
Essex County Correctional Facility Essex Department of Corrections 2 1
Pike County Correctional Facility Pike County Prison Board 2 1
Winn Correctional Center LaSalle Corrections 2 1
York County Prison York County Prison Board 2 1
Stewart Detention Center CoreCivic 2 1
Baker County Detention Center Baker County Sheriff’s Office 1 0
Cambria County Prison Cambria County Prison Board 1 1
Otay Mesa Detention Center CoreCivic 1 0
Krome Service Processing Center ICE 1 0
Eloy Detention Center CoreCivic 1 0
Morrow County Correctional Facility Morrow County Sheriff 1 1
Otay Mesa Detention Center CoreCivic 1 0
Prairieland Detention Center LaSalle Corrections 1 0
Port Isabel Service Processing Center ICE 1 0
Sherburne County Jail Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office 1 0
Cibola County Correctional Center CoreCivic 1 0
Howard County Detention Center Howard County Government 1 1
Plymouth County Correctional Facility Plymouth County Sherrif’s Department 1 1
Strafford County Department of Corrections Strafford County Sheriff’s Office 1 0
Catahoula Correctional Center LaSalle Corrections 1 1
Dodge County Detention Facility Dodge County Sheriff’s Office 1 0
Mesa Verde ICE Processing Facility The GEO Group, Inc.  1 1
Richwood Correctional Center LaSalle Corrections 1 0
Rolling Plains Detention Center LaSalle Corrections 1 1
Teller County Jail Teller County Sheriff’s Department 1 0
Johnson County Corrections Center LaSalle Corrections 1 1
Torrance County Detention Facility CoreCivic 1 1
Stewart Detention Center CoreCivic 1 0
Krome Service Processing Center ICE 1 0
David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office 1 0
Houston Contract Detention Facility CoreCivic 1 0
Robert A. Deyton Detention Facility The GEO Group, Inc.  1 0
Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center Charleston County Sheriff’s Office 1 1
Strafford County Department of Corrections Strafford County Sheriff’s Office 1 0
Joe Corley Processing Center The GEO Group, Inc.  1 0
Douglas County Department of Corrections Douglas County Board of Corrections 1 1
River Correctional Center LaSalle Corrections 1 0
Cass County Jail Cass County Sheriff’s Office 1 1
Essex County Correctional Facility Essex Department of Corrections 1 0
Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation 1 0
Dorchester County Detention Center Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office 1 0
Rio Grande Detention Center The GEO Group, Inc.  1 0
Teller County Jail Teller County Sheriff’s Department 1 0
Bristol County Jail and House of Correction Bristol County Sheriff’s Office 1 0

9.1 Suicide as Cause of Death

Bar plot of ICE and non-ICE deaths by suicide plotted by facility as of 2022-02-23.