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Cuban detainee found dead in solitary confinement at Georgia ICE facility, advocates demand investigation

Apr 28, 2026 · Lumpkin, GA, Cuba

Cuban detainee found dead in solitary confinement at Georgia ICE facility, advocates demand investigation

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.

Timeline

Apr 28, 2026Gonzalez found unresponsive in cell at approximately 10:25 p.m., pronounced dead at 11:11 p.m.; medical personnel and emergency responders attempted resuscitation efforts
Apr 28, 2026ICE reported suspected cause of death as suicide; official cause remains under investigation
Apr 28, 2026Immigration advocates, Gonzalez's mother, and U.S. Senators Ossoff and Warnock called for independent investigation and improved transparency
Apr 27, 2026Gonzalez placed in solitary confinement following alleged altercation with staff member
Jan 2026Denny Adan Gonzalez transferred to Stewart Detention Center following arrest in Charlotte, North Carolina on assault and domestic violence charges

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