Olubunmi Joshua
Olubunmi Joshua-Toyin, a 54-year-old woman, had lived in Texas for 32 years after coming to the United States on a student visa at 22, and she raised two children, a son studying at the University of Texas at Arlington and a daughter who is a certified public accountant in Washington, DC. She was held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Rolling Plains Detention Center in Haskell, Texas, where she died on October 24, 2016, after nearly nine months in custody. ICE said she died of complications of cardiovascular disease. Capital & Main reported that she collapsed the night she killed a mouse in her housing unit and never regained consciousness, and that an ICE death review found her high blood pressure, anemia, anxiety and dental pain were delayed, denied or mishandled. A physician consulted for the article said that care may have contributed to her death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). ICE attributes her death to complications of cardiovascular disease, but its own detainee death review found staff delayed, denied or mishandled care for her high blood pressure, anemia, anxiety and dental pain, and a physician consulted by Capital & Main said that care may have contributed to her death.
Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held her); Capital & Main (reporters).