Medical Neglect

386 documented incidents tagged “Medical Neglect” in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• ICE agent shoots Venezuelan DoorDash driver in back, leaves him partially paralyzed

  Oct 4, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Bodycam footage contradicts ICE account of US citizen's fatal shooting in Texas

  Oct 4, 2026 · South Padre Island, TX

• Former DACA recipient dies of sepsis after Adelanto ICE staff ignored infection, family sues

  Oct 3, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Detainees sue over conditions at Miramar ICE facility in Florida

  Oct 2, 2026 · Miramar, FL

• Disabled asylum seeker says Pennsylvania jail denied him hearing aids and cane

  Oct 2026 · Pottsville, PA

• Cuban father dies after guard restraint at ICE facility, death ruled homicide

  Sep 30, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Waltham asylum seeker deported to Uganda despite pending appeal window

  Sep 30, 2026 · Waltham, MA

• ICE detains record number of pregnant women amid medical care concerns

  Sep 30, 2026

• ICU nurse and U.S. citizen Alex Pretti shot 10 times by federal agents in Minneapolis

  Sep 30, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Peruvian man dies in ICE custody at Louisiana facility

  Sep 29, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Mosque president detained 80 days by ICE, judge finds retaliation over Palestinian advocacy

  Sep 29, 2026 · Milwaukee, WI

• 67-year-old De Soto man known for feeding stray cats deported after signing unclear papers

  Sep 28, 2026 · De Soto, KS

• Costa Rican man with U visa detained by ICE for three months, loses 15 kg in Louisiana facility

  Sep 25, 2026 · LA

• ICE kicks 63-year-old landscaper to ground in San Antonio, fracturing skull and arm

  Sep 25, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

• Man describes being unlawfully detained by ICE for three months, underfed

  Sep 24, 2026 · Jackson, WY

• Court permanently bars ICE from holding detainees in abusive conditions at 26 Federal Plaza

  Sep 24, 2026 · New York, NY

• Longtime Dodge City worker detained by ICE despite years of compliance

  Sep 23, 2026 · Dodge City, KS

• Recent high school grad detained by ICE, denied medical care in custody

  Sep 23, 2026 · North Miami Beach, FL

• Diabetic Costa Rican father dies in ICE custody after complaints of missed insulin, poor care

  Sep 23, 2026 · LA

• Guatemalan man deported after months in freezing ICE detention following worksite raid

  Sep 21, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Congolese woman with untreated thyroid condition self-deports from Cameroon shelter

  Sep 21, 2026

• Cuban immigrant held over a year in Eswatini prison after deportation without consent

  Sep 19, 2026 · Eswatini

• Cuban man with pending hernia surgery deported to Equatorial Guinea, family says

  Sep 19, 2026

• Cuban man says he was locked in phone-booth-sized cage for 15 hours at 'Alligator Alcatraz'

  Sep 18, 2026 · Ochopee, FL

• Pregnant Kenyan asylum seeker detained by ICE during USCIS interview, later released

  Sep 16, 2026 · Tukwila, WA

• Pregnant woman held at Dilley ICE facility denied specialist prenatal care for weeks

  Sep 15, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Detained immigrant's untreated throat tumor grew to size of lemon, lawyer says

  Sep 15, 2026 · California City, CA

• Pastor paralyzed by stroke in ICE custody after alleged medical neglect, later released

  Sep 13, 2026 · TX

• Colombian asylum-seeking mother says kidney infection went untreated for months at Otay Mesa

  Sep 13, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Eritrean refugee deported to Equatorial Guinea beaten, held without lawyer access

  Sep 11, 2026 · Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

• Colombian activist detained 650 days with medical neglect, finally freed by court order

  Sep 11, 2026 · Tacoma, WA

• Venezuelan asylum seeker detained by ICE days after wedding, released months later

  Sep 10, 2026 · PA

• DACA recipient detained at Boston airport, later sues ICE over custody conditions

  Sep 9, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Colombian man detained by ICE at Portland airport gate, repeatedly transferred between detention facilities

  Sep 9, 2026 · Portland, OR

• Two family members detained by ICE outside home, pressured to self-deport

  Sep 9, 2026 · Amsterdam, NY

• Palestinian detainee says ICE broke his teeth after he refused deportation flight

  Sep 9, 2026 · Vancouver, WA

• Brazilian woman detained by ICE after 911 call, denied care for miscarriage infection

  Sep 8, 2026 · Burlington, MA

• Salvadoran man dragged from doorstep by ICE, now gravely ill in detention

  Sep 8, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Detained Belarusian cancer survivor's health worsens in ICE custody

  Sep 4, 2026 · Leavenworth, KS

• Kansas father detained at job site, deported to Mexico after 18-day detention ordeal

  Sep 4, 2026 · Lawrence, KS

• Cuban deportee with severe hernia allegedly beaten, denied care after being flown to two African countries

  Sep 4, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Russian asylum seeker's health declines during stalled habeas case in Mississippi

  Sep 3, 2026 · Natchez, MS

• Deaf 6-year-old deported to Colombia without hearing aids after ICE check-in

  Sep 3, 2026 · Hayward, CA

• 76-year-old cancer patient detained by ICE at citizenship interview, misses treatments

  Sep 2, 2026 · Fife, WA

• Pregnant Venezuelan mother detained without medical care after self-deportation interview

  Aug 31, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Asylum seeker with breast cancer detained after traffic stop, denied medical care and process

  Aug 29, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• U.S. citizen thrown to ground, detained for hours by ICE in Passaic, NJ

  Aug 27, 2026 · Passaic, NJ

• Deportees flown into Mexico describe shackled flights, dangerous treks home, advocates say

  Aug 26, 2026 · Guatemala City, Guatemala

• Canadian citizen deported to Canada after 9 months in ICE detention

  Aug 26, 2026 · Ojai, CA

• NC teacher and grandmother detained by ICE despite dismissed case, granted bond

  Aug 24, 2026 · Charlotte, NC

• Detained woman describes medical neglect, freezing punishment room in ICE custody

  Aug 24, 2026

• Colorado sues GEO Group for hiding tuberculosis case at Aurora detention center

  Aug 21, 2026 · Aurora, CO

• Transgender asylum seeker says she was assaulted, denied care in ICE detention

  Aug 20, 2026 · Jena, LA

• Six deportees still held in Equatorial Guinea in believed first fourth-country case

  Aug 20, 2026 · Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

• Cuban deportee with untreated abdominal hernia held in restraints after Equatorial Guinea diversion

  Aug 20, 2026

• Cuban legal resident shoved off deportation plane, hospitalized in Equatorial Guinea

  Aug 20, 2026 · Lehigh Acres, FL

• Bangladeshi woman denied medication in ICE custody, now pushes for reform bill

  Aug 20, 2026 · California City, CA

• Judge appoints monitors after migrant children held far past legal detention limit

  Aug 20, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Transgender asylum seeker held in men's Louisiana facility, denied hormone therapy

  Aug 20, 2026 · New York, NY

• Detained women describe vaginal infections in leaked ICE facility video

  Aug 19, 2026

• Man detained over a year in Arizona ICE facility says he can no longer walk

  Aug 18, 2026 · Florence, AZ

• Mexican migrant alleges ICE beating in Texas, denied medical care

  Aug 18, 2026 · Arlington, TX

• Brazilian father freed after seven months in ICE detention, granted green card

  Aug 16, 2026 · ME

• Detained Arizona father says he can't walk, fears he won't survive ICE custody

  Aug 16, 2026 · Gilbert, AZ

• Detainees allege gas leak, extreme heat at Mississippi ICE facility; CoreCivic disputes claims

  Aug 14, 2026 · Natchez, MS

• Nursing mother separated from infant and toddler with Down syndrome after ICE arrest, later released

  Aug 14, 2026 · Nashville, TN

• Man handcuffed by ICE agents during apparent seizure outside Baltimore Home Depot

  Aug 13, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Venezuelan rapper with legal status alleges tuberculosis outbreak, overcrowding at Louisiana ICE facility

  Aug 13, 2026 · LA

• Detained woman denied diabetes medication at New Jersey detention center, Rep. Mejia calls it a 'slow death sentence'

  Aug 12, 2026 · Elizabeth, NJ

• Indian national detained at Adelanto ICE facility seeks second emergency release order after dismissing prior case

  Aug 11, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Detainees report TB outbreak, overcrowding at Louisiana ICE facility

  Aug 8, 2026 · Louisiana

• Kentucky State basketball player detained by ICE at airport, denied adequate medical care

  Aug 7, 2026 · Louisville, KY

• Afghan, Ukrainian, and Saudi detainees force-fed in ICE custody; judge approved treatment without hearing

  Aug 5, 2026 · Texas

• Salvadoran father dies in ICE custody at New Jersey facility after medical emergency

  Aug 4, 2026 · Plainfield, NJ

• Hunger strikers force-fed for months in ICE detention, one case lasted 8 months

  Aug 3, 2026 · Los Fresnos, TX; Miami, FL; Washington State; Houston, TX

• Ana Granados Sanchez deported with medical tube attached, against hospital orders

  Aug 3, 2026 · Florence, AZ

• Rastafarian priest denied insulin and malaria treatment during seven-month ICE detention

  Jul 31, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Guatemalan man hospitalized after violent ICE arrest in Georgia, denied medical care

  July 30, 2026 · Doraville, GA

• Mexican woman arrested at immigration office, detained in freezing California facility

  Jul 30, 2026 · Fresno, CA

• Ugandan sickle cell patient detained by ICE denied medication, hospitalized at Kentucky jail

  Jul 29, 2026 · Louisville, KY

• Cemetery worker pepper-balled, hospitalized trying to help man fleeing agents, now suing

  Jul 29, 2026 · IL

• Women at Louisiana ICE facility report beatings, medical neglect, missing children

  Jul 29, 2026 · Basile, LA

• Woman shackled to hospital bed after miscarriage in ICE detention

  July 29, 2026

• 20-year-old with autism detained by ICE, denied medicine and blankets in Texas

  July 29, 2026 · TX

• Nigerian nun detained by ICE while walking to Mass in Texas, released after congressional intervention

  Jul 29, 2026 · McAllen, TX

• Colombian woman detained at airport without hearing challenges ICE detention

  Jul 28, 2026 · Ontario, California

• Detained immigrant force-fed during hunger strike in ICE custody

  Jul 28, 2026

• California's Largest ICE Detention Center Fails All Court-Ordered Medical Standards

  Jul 28, 2026 · California City, CA

• Venezuelan asylum seeker still denied medication for ovarian condition in ICE custody

  Jul 27, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• Durham man, 29, dies of leukemia after ICE delays care, releases him in coma

  Jul 24, 2026 · Durham, NC

• Ugandan woman detained by ICE still denied proper sickle cell care, brother says

  Jul 22, 2026 · Leitchfield, KY

• U.S. Army veteran released from ICE detention after 9 months, alleges sexual assault by guard

  Jul 21, 2026 · Tacoma, WA

• Honduran mother held days in overcrowded Miramar ICE holding cell

  Jul 20, 2026 · Florida Keys, FL

• Russian asylum seeker shackled, detained nearly a month after Niagara Falls trip

  Jul 20, 2026 · Buffalo, NY

• Detained man returned from hospital early despite internal bleeding, advocacy group demands medical care

  Jul 18, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Detainees at Fort Bliss beaten by guards, denied medical care in widespread abuse documented by ACLU and Human Rights Watch

  Jul 16, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Detainees report indiscriminate beatings, medical neglect at Fort Bliss immigration detention camp

  Jul 15, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Venezuelan man dies in ICE custody after medication denied during Georgia detention transfer

  Jul 14, 2026 · Ocilla, GA

• Cuban detainee denied medication for diabetes and pancreatitis at Miami federal prison

  Jul 9, 2026 · Miramar, FL

• Disabled carpenter beaten unconscious by ICE, shackled in hospital, deported after months in detention

  Jul 7, 2026 · Sunnyvale, CA