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Alabama nonprofit mourns death of Indian man in detention center
The Center called for action from the authorities over the barbaric conditions that prevail in the immigration detention centers
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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) mourned the death of Indian national Jaspal Singh, who passed away earlier this month at a federal detention center in Folkston, Georgia.
“We are horrified by the loss of Jaspal Singh while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the GEO Group,” said Maura Finn, senior lead attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center. “Our hearts go out to his family and loved ones as they face this cruel injustice.”
SPLC expressed concerns over the treatment of detainees at the immigration detention centers in Georgia including the one in Follkston, which is run by the GEO Group, one of the largest private prison operators in the country.
“Despite longstanding and well-documented human rights abuses, Congress continues to expand the number of beds in immigrant detention and direct millions of taxpayer dollars towards this inhumane system. Singh’s death is another reminder of the barbaric conditions that color our country’s broken immigration system. As politicians wield immigration as a wedge issue to score political points, Black and Brown migrants are dying in detention facilities handed over to the for-profit private prison industry,” continued Finn.
Calling for action on the issue by state and federal authorities, Finn added, “We urge the public and federal and state leaders to end the costly and unnecessary detention of immigrants in favor of a more welcoming, sensible and humane immigration process,”
Singh was arrested on June 29, 2023, by US Customs and Border Protection’s Border Patrol officers while illegally reentering the United States at the US-Mexico Border. According to an Apr.17 official statement released by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) an autopsy was to be conducted to determine the cause of Singh's death. ICE also said that the Indian Consulate in New York and his next of kin were notified about his death.
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