At least 1 people have died in custody in Northern Mariana Islands

At least 1 person has died in custody in Northern Mariana Islands so far in 2026. The most recent named here is Lianyong Wei, who died on August 23, 2026 at Saipan Correctional Facility.

Each dot is one of them, held in a jail, prison or lockup, or executed by the state. Some died after abuse by officers; others from withdrawal, overdose or untreated illness; many by suicide. Almost all of them show the state’s neglect of the people in its custody.

This is an undercount: many deaths are never made public, and older records are hard to find.