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A 32-year-old man held in immigration detention at the Adelanto Detention Facility in California died by suicide in March 2017, while in isolation, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, the ACLU, the National Immigrant Justice Center and the Detention Watch Network. The report says he had been treated for psychosis at a hospital and was placed in solitary confinement after returning to the facility. One expert cited in the report concluded that his mental state likely worsened in isolation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). Human Rights Watch, the ACLU, the National Immigrant Justice Center and the Detention Watch Network report that the man was placed in solitary confinement after a hospital stay for psychosis and died by suicide there.
Reported by: Human Rights Watch, the ACLU, the National Immigrant Justice Center and the Detention Watch Network (advocates).