The Strange Death Of Jose De Jesus, Part 1

Published: Aug. 28, 2020, 10:30 a.m.

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A man dies in a U.S. immigration detention center, under unusual circumstances. He is found unresponsive in his cell, with a sock stuffed down his throat. His death is ruled a suicide, but little information is put out about what happened, and the family wants answers. In this first part of a special two-part series, Latino USA investigates why Jos\\xe9 de Jes\\xfas died in the custody of the U.S. government, and what his death tells us about conditions\\u2014especially mental health services\\u2014inside the immigration detention system.

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This story originally aired in July of 2016.

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