Overview
- Filed in Manhattan federal court, the FOIA lawsuit by Ge’s brother seeks all records on the 32-year-old’s detention, treatment and death at Moshannon Valley Processing Center.
- Ge was found unresponsive on Aug. 5 in a shower stall, hanging by his neck; the family’s filing and autopsy excerpts reported his hands and legs were tied behind his back.
- Attorneys allege Ge experienced severe language isolation because no one at the facility spoke Mandarin and that he was denied meaningful mental-health care.
- ICE has not provided substantive records to the family and told one outlet it cannot comment due to pending litigation, while the GEO Group has not contacted the family, the complaint says.
- The filing follows a Sept. 9 FOIA request the family says went unanswered; attorneys also dispute elements of ICE’s timeline, as broader scrutiny grows over conditions at the large, privately run facility and a rise in deaths in ICE custody reported this year.