Cuban detainee found dead in solitary confinement at Georgia ICE facility, advocates demand investigation
Apr 28, 2026·Location: Lumpkin, GA
Country of origin: Cuba

Denny Adan Gonzalez, a 33-year-old Cuban national, was found unresponsive in his cell at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, on April 28, 2026, at approximately 10:25 p.m. and pronounced dead at 11:11 p.m. ICE reported the suspected cause as suicide, though the official cause remained under investigation. Gonzalez had been in solitary confinement following an alleged altercation with a staff member the day before. He had arrived at a U.S. port of entry in 2019, was deported in 2020, re-entered without authorization in 2022, and was transferred to Stewart in January 2026 after arrest in North Carolina on assault and domestic violence charges. Immigration advocates, his mother Lourdes González Suárez, and U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock called for independent investigation and improved transparency regarding ICE custody deaths.
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- Man dies in ICE custody at Georgia detention center; cause under investigation
- ICE Reports 18th Detainee Death In 2026, Raising Prospect Of A New Record
crbcnews.com·May 2, 2026·archived copy
- ledger-enquirer.com
- Cuban immigrant dies in ICE’s Stewart Detention Center
- Another detainee has died in ICE custody, DHS says
scrippsnews.com·May 2, 2026·archived copy
- Death in Georgia ICE Prison Prompts Advocates to Call for Immediate Independent Investigation
- Man confirmed dead in ICE custody at Stewart Detention Center
atlpresscollective.com·May 1, 2026·archived copy
- Cuban Detainee Found Dead At Stewart Detention Center; ICE Calls It A Suspected Suicide
crbcnews.com·May 1, 2026·archived copy
- Calls for investigation, transparency after immigrant death at Stewart Detention Center
aol.com·May 11, 2026·archived copy
- Cuban Mother Demands Justice After Son's Death in ICE Custody in Georgia
cubaheadlines.com·May 6, 2026·archived copy
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