Officials in Nassau county confirmed death of 42-year-old man to Newsday but declined to share details
A man arrested by US Customs and Immigration Enforcement (Ice) died in a Long Island, New York, jail on Thursday, according to a report.
Officials in Nassau county confirmed the death of a 42-year-old man to Newsday but declined to share details, saying that an investigation was under way.
“There is an ongoing investigation, which will be thorough and transparent to determine the cause of death,” the Nassau county sheriff, Anthony LaRocco, told the outlet. “Nassau county takes seriously its obligation to treat every prisoner humanely.”
The outlet reported that this is the first death of an Ice detainee in custody in Nassau county, where more than 1,400 people detained by the federal agency have been held between February and June this year.
