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ICE Keeps Camp East Montana Open After Detainee Deaths

8/28/2026

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ICE keeps Camp East Montana open despite three detainee deaths and repeated emergency call failures.
A nurse reported a detainee’s suicidal ideation and foreign-object ingestion on Sept. 12, 2025, requiring hospital transport.
Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, died Jan. 3, 2026 after a guard altercation over medication, and a medical examiner ruled homicide.
A Venezuelan detainee, Xavier, began a hunger strike citing lack of case information and calling the detention torture.

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ICE keeps Camp East Montana open despite three detainee deaths and repeated emergency call failures.
A nurse reported a detainee’s suicidal ideation and foreign-object ingestion on Sept. 12, 2025, requiring hospital transport.
Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, died Jan. 3, 2026 after a guard altercation over medication, and a medical examiner ruled homicide.
A Venezuelan detainee, Xavier, began a hunger strike citing lack of case information and calling the detention torture.