Surge of Suicide Cases in ICE Detention Centres Logs Over 1,000—28 Serious Self-Harm Cases in One Year

Suicide attempts inside ICE detention centres are rising alongside expanding immigration detention policies. (Credit: Fibonacci Blue/Wikimedia Commons)

A pregnant detainee smashing her head against a wall. A man swallowing a razor blade. Another drinking cleaning chemicals inside a locked immigration facility. The growing number of suicide attempts and psychiatric emergencies inside US immigration detention centres is exposing a system under mounting strain as the Trump administration expands mass detention policies across the country.

Emergency call logs obtained by NBC News reveal more than 1,000 requests for medical or police assistance over the past year from six immigration detention centres in states including Texas, Georgia, California and Michigan.