Overview

• Chaofeng Ge, a 32-year-old Chinese national, was found hanging in the shower room of his detention pod on Aug. 5 and pronounced dead by the Clearfield County coroner shortly thereafter.
• ICE has classified Ge’s death as a suspected suicide and opened a formal in-custody death investigation under agency procedures.
• Moshannon Valley Processing Center is operated by GEO Group under a $1 billion contract and holds nearly 1,900 ICE detainees in central Pennsylvania.
• Immigration advocates held a press conference demanding the facility’s closure, citing past reports of delayed medical care, language barriers, and abusive conditions.
• Ge’s death marks the latest in a rising number of detainee fatalities this fiscal year and raises concerns about mental health screening and private contractor accountability.