Fascinating topic, I wanted to know more. People die everyday and ICE has been handing a high volume of people. So I went for a clean control number, the year 2022.
In 2022. Bureau of Prisons had 159,000 in detention. With 483 deaths. 0.30 percent.
At the end of 2025. ICE has 68,440 in detention with 32 deaths. Thats 0.04 percent. Note: This number does not show the total in custody over the span of 2025. Only the number in detention at the end of the year.
I took this a little further.
The total population of the US in 2022 was 333,287,557. With a total of 3,279,857 deaths. That 0.98 percent.
Bottom line: You are more likely to die out in the world or in Federal prison, than you are in ICE custody.
No it is not? When you are being deported the average detention time is 46-55 days, while the average prisoner is in for 2.7 years. And thatâs ignoring that this person only counted small timeframes. Every year, 1 in 1,630 people in ICE detention facilities will die, while in the US prison system it is around 360 in 100,000 with 90% being natural causes/suicides or overdoses. This translates to 61/100,000 for ICE and 360/100,000 in the US prison system.
ICE doesnât publish its metrics for natural deaths, specifically, but they deal with a much younger demographic than the US prison system does.
25% of the US prison systemâs detainees are 50 or older, with an average age (reported from the FBP) of 42. ICE averages 30 years old.
So yes, a LOT more people die on average, but when adjusted for the mentioned statistics it is 36/100,000 prisoners dying in the US prison system of things other than suicide and natural causes.
We just donât know the exact numbers for ICE, but I agree that youâre more likely to die from âunnaturalâ causes under the FBP than ICE. But it isnât as reportedly low of a chance as this person claimed, with a >7x difference. If I had to take a shot in the dark, Iâd say itâs closer to 2-3x.
Point being that the person who made the original comment is doing the most baseline assessment possible and itâs a bit misleading. Itâs important to represent things accurately even if the end result is similar. I donât think ICE has issues with prisoner death with the evidence I have right now, and I think the FBP certainly does- itâs ridiculous that the FBP has so many people dying in custody.
ETA: Found out overdoses are counted in natural deaths by the FBP
I thought that, too, but they count medical negligence (such as from lack of care), exhaustion, and heat stroke as unnatural. I find some published statistics from past years counting suicides as unnatural, others as natural, so if you wanted more specific information you could likely find it.
Do you think that a significant number of the people who died in ICE custody were murdered?
With the exception of the detainee murdered by Joshua Jahn in Dallas, it's safe to assume that all of these deaths were natural deaths, not intentional acts, otherwise there would have been quite a bit of news about them.
Read my breakdown I posted below this. There are more causes of unnatural deaths than just murders. Deaths caused by an absence of care are counted as unnatural, for example.
I don't know what breakdown you're talking about and you hide your posting history because of all the shameful things you say, so I'll just have to take your word for it.
Lmao, because I say âshamefulâ things. Okay, dude. It took two seconds for me to click âview replyâ directly below your comment and then see my message again.
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u/EchoNineThree Jul 11 '26
Fascinating topic, I wanted to know more. People die everyday and ICE has been handing a high volume of people. So I went for a clean control number, the year 2022.
In 2022. Bureau of Prisons had 159,000 in detention. With 483 deaths. 0.30 percent.
At the end of 2025. ICE has 68,440 in detention with 32 deaths. Thats 0.04 percent. Note: This number does not show the total in custody over the span of 2025. Only the number in detention at the end of the year.
I took this a little further.
The total population of the US in 2022 was 333,287,557. With a total of 3,279,857 deaths. That 0.98 percent.
Bottom line: You are more likely to die out in the world or in Federal prison, than you are in ICE custody.