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Seven people in ICE custody have died since October

By Kelly Cohen
Published May 16, 2017 6:57pm ET
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Seven people in ICE custody have died since October
According to ICE, the Panamanian national who committed suicide Monday had been in solitary confinement for 19 days before taking his life. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback, File) | Kate Brumback

A Panamanian national who committed suicide on Monday is the seventh person in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since October, the start of the fiscal year.

According to an ICE statement, Jean Jiménez-Joseph, 27, was found unresponsive in his cell with a sheet around his neck at Stewart Detention Center in Georgia. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

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