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Man dies at Folkston immigration detention center

newsOct 24, 20269368

A man detained at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Folkston, Georgia died amid an ongoing hunger strike, reporting says. Detainees told reporters the man, identified in coverage as a Mexican national, was heard screaming in solitary confinement before his death. Coverage says officials at the facility allegedly threatened hunger strikers with force‑feeding. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed the local sheriff asked the GBI to conduct an in‑custody death investigation at the D Ray facility. The Guardian’s reporting names the deceased as Sandoval and says he is the 60th person to die in ICE custody since the start of the second Trump administration.

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