At least 6 suicide attempts this year at Tacoma ICE detention center, 911 calls show

At least six suicide attempts occurred at a federal, privately-owned immigration detention center in Tacoma over less than three months this year, according to Pierce County 911 call records.

The call logs, obtained by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights through a public records request, cover 911 calls made from the Northwest ICE Processing Center, also known as the Northwest Detention Center, from Jan. 1 to March 18, 2024. The researchers released their findings on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, during a congressional hearing on Wednesday, Washington U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas “to commit to an independent investigation conducted by an entity outside of the department to inspect the conditions and practices” at the Tacoma facility.

Mayorkas said he’d be “pleased to consider that” and that the department has a new leader of the Office of the Detention Ombudsman who he said would be capable of conducting the review.

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