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Detainee Attempts Suicide After Trump Administration Jams Migrants Into Troubled Prison
Detainee Attempts Suicide After Trump Administration Jams Migrants Into Troubled Prison
LOS ANGELES TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES
Victorville prison staffers protest the budget cuts they say are leading to unsafe conditions at the desert complex, where hundreds of migrants have been detained.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/victorville-prison-suicide-attempt-migrants_us_5b6267cce4b0de86f49dcbda
A controversial federal prison complex in Victorville, California, that is currently housing roughly 800 immigration detainees despite infectious disease outbreaks and workers’ concerns about inadequate medical care, is now facing another danger: Detainees at risk of dying by suicide.
In the last week, one detainee has tried to kill himself, saying he was terrified he would be deported back to Cuba. Another was put on suicide watch after staffers noticed he couldn’t stop crying, according to multiple staff members who requested anonymity to protect their jobs after employees were told not to speak to the press. This was the first suicide attempt and suicide watch for detainees at Victorville.
Prison workers had been warning since the detainees’ arrival that inadequate staffing and the resulting lack of proper care meant such risks were increasing, as HuffPost has reported.
“You’re going to get more suicide attempts and suicides,” one medical staffer told HuffPost. “We just can’t take care of them, and they’re resorting to self-murder and manipulation. They’re becoming inmates.”
LOS ANGELES TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES
Victorville prison staffers protest the budget cuts they say are leading to unsafe conditions at the desert complex, where hundreds of migrants have been detained.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/victorville-prison-suicide-attempt-migrants_us_5b6267cce4b0de86f49dcbda
A controversial federal prison complex in Victorville, California, that is currently housing roughly 800 immigration detainees despite infectious disease outbreaks and workers’ concerns about inadequate medical care, is now facing another danger: Detainees at risk of dying by suicide.
In the last week, one detainee has tried to kill himself, saying he was terrified he would be deported back to Cuba. Another was put on suicide watch after staffers noticed he couldn’t stop crying, according to multiple staff members who requested anonymity to protect their jobs after employees were told not to speak to the press. This was the first suicide attempt and suicide watch for detainees at Victorville.
Prison workers had been warning since the detainees’ arrival that inadequate staffing and the resulting lack of proper care meant such risks were increasing, as HuffPost has reported.
“You’re going to get more suicide attempts and suicides,” one medical staffer told HuffPost. “We just can’t take care of them, and they’re resorting to self-murder and manipulation. They’re becoming inmates.”
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