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ICE detention deaths are running at a record pace in 2026, and the United States’ largest immigration detention center — a sprawling tent facility on a Texas Army base — has logged three deaths, 49 regulatory violations, and allegations of guards betting on which detainee would die next. Summary ICE detention deaths are on a record pace in 2026, with 25 people dying in custody since October — three of them at Camp East Montana, the largest immigration detention center in the United States. Federal inspectors visiting the El Paso facility in February found 49 violations of detention standards, including failures to document suicide prevention checks and inadequate medical care. The facility was initially run by Acquisition Logistics LLC — a private company with no prior detention experience that secured a $1.3 billion federal contract — and it did not respond to NPR’s questions about conditions or its management record. ICE detention deaths are running at a record pace in 2026, and the United States’ largest immigration detention center — a sprawling tent facility on a Texas Army base — has logged three deaths, 49 regulatory violations, and allegations of guards betting on which detainee would die next. Camp East Montana, located on the grounds of Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, was opened in August 2025 and currently houses around 3,000 immigrants with capacity for 2,000 more. According to NPR’s April 3 investigation, it is both the country’s largest detention center and one of its deadliest. Out of 25 people who have died in ICE detention since October, three were held at Camp East Montana. The first, Francisco Gaspar-Andres, a Guatemalan national, died of kidney failure in December after two weeks of hospitalization. A month later, Cuban national Geraldo Luna Campos died while in detention, with DHS initially citing…

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Filed under: News - @ April 3, 2026 11:01 pm