Immigrants held at the Camp East Montana detention center in El Paso regularly face injury, life-threatening illnesses and acute mental health crises, according to a review of 911 emergency calls placed at the nation’s largest ICE immigration lockup.
The emergency call log data, in part, reads:
- 22-year-old male suicide attempt
- 89-year-old female chest pain
- 19-year-old male fall from bunk
- 32-year-old male kidney stone/pain
- 54-year-old female fainted
- 47-year-old male low blood pressure/swelling of legs (Inmate died Dec. 3, 2019)
The most common medical emergencies at Camp East Montana involved chest pain, seizures, suicidal attempts, abdominal pain, breathing problems and fainting episodes, according to 911 records obtained by the El Paso Times through a freedom of information request to the city of El Paso.
A handful of calls involve employees at the sprawling, soft-sided tent facility located on land owned by Fort Bliss…