Transgender Woman in ICE Custody Beaten, Died

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

A transgender woman who died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody after being held in a privately operated detention center was likely physically abused there, according an autopsy report released Monday. Andrew Free, an attorney representing her family, told The Daily Beast that her treatment in ICE custody went far beyond neglectful. "She journeyed thousands of miles fleeing persecution and torture at home only to be met with neglect and torture in this country's for-profit human cages."

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#1 | Posted by PunchyPossum at 2018-11-27 02:36 AM | Reply

RIP Laura.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2018-11-27 01:41 PM | Reply

Um, no, He/she died because he had AIDS.

One day after arriving at Cibola, Ms. Hernández Rodriguez was admitted to a local hospital, and was later transferred to Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, where she died while in intensive care.

The autopsy concluded that Hernández Rodriguez's cause of death was most likely "severe complications of dehydration superimposed upon HIV infection

#3 | Posted by boaz at 2018-11-27 02:00 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

Very misleading headline.

#4 | Posted by boaz at 2018-11-27 02:01 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#3 I don't condone beating anyone to death. I do condone posting threads from questionable Internet sites. I did a quick Google search and nothing confirming this story of beaten to death from a regular media source like CNN, MSNBC, FOX etc.

#5 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2018-11-27 02:27 PM | Reply

She/He wasnt beaten to death. The article says how this person died. He/She died in a hospital, not in ICE custody. And "was likely" abused there is not proof of being abused there.

#6 | Posted by boaz at 2018-11-27 02:38 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The Daily Beast isn't exactly a questionable site - the stories I have read have been factually accurate in general. I will grant you they are quite slanted though.

"Sperry's autopsy, the second conducted on Hernández Rodriguez's body following her death, also found evidence of physical abuse, with "deep bruising" on her hands and abdomen, evidence of blunt-force trauma "indicative of blows, and/or kicks, and possible strikes with blunt object." An accompanying diagram illustrated long, thin bruises along Hernández Rodriguez's back and sides, as well as extensive hemorrhaging on Hernández Rodriguez's right and left wrists, which Dr. Sperry found were "typical of handcuff injuries.""

Denied Medical for days before being taken to the hospital with severe symptoms...

Here's a WaPo Article

#7 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2018-11-27 02:39 PM | Reply

Speaking frankly - "Private" Jails should be banned. It's the job of the government to punish. When you put it into the hands of corporations and add profit into the mix things become very shady very quickly.

We have had horrendous issues in Michigan with out even wholesale privatization but just private contractors in prisons.

#8 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2018-11-27 02:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Put simply, profiting from crime should not be permitted.

But we allow it, and the obvious moral hazard it creates, because it makes a few rich people even richer.

Thanks, Capitalism!

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2018-11-27 02:48 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Sperry's autopsy, the second conducted on Hernández Rodriguez's body following her death, also found evidence of physical abuse, with "deep bruising" on her hands and abdomen, evidence of blunt-force trauma "indicative of blows, and/or kicks, and possible strikes with blunt object.

Cindy Hyde-Smith would love to be in the front row to witness that beat-down.

#10 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2018-11-27 02:50 PM | Reply

And "was likely" abused there is not proof of being abused there.
#6 | POSTED BY BOAZ

ICE didn't have "beat woman to death" on their calendar entries, so it couldn't have happened.

#11 | Posted by IndianaJones at 2018-11-27 03:06 PM | Reply

Very misleading headline.

"Beaten, died" doesn't mean the same thing as "beaten to death." And if you think being beaten and then dehydrated to death by ICE is something to be proud of, you might not be so "small government " after all.

#12 | Posted by JOE at 2018-11-27 03:19 PM | Reply

And if you think being beaten and then dehydrated to death by ICE

And if you think ICE did that intentionally, you should go ---- yourself.

#13 | Posted by boaz at 2018-11-27 04:55 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

"Its okay they beat and killed a woman. It was an accident." -- Uncle Tom Boaz

#14 | Posted by IndianaJones at 2018-11-27 05:05 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Pence was so giddy after reading the autopsy he high-fived Mother.

#15 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2018-11-27 05:08 PM | Reply

"ICE Detention Center Says It's Not Responsible for Staff's Sexual Abuse of Detainees" www.aclu.org

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2018-11-27 07:42 PM | Reply

Boaz, ever think about becoming an ICE agent?

#17 | Posted by snoofy at 2018-11-27 07:42 PM | Reply

"Boaz, ever think about becoming an ICE agent?"

Nah, not enough black people to shoot.

#18 | Posted by Danforth at 2018-11-27 07:44 PM | Reply

if you think ICE did that intentionally, you should go ---- yourself

Certainly the beating was intentional. What makes you think the dehydration wasn't?

Boaz: "Small government" unless they're beating and dehydrating a trans woman to death

#19 | Posted by JOE at 2018-11-27 07:51 PM | Reply

"Boaz, ever think about becoming an ICE agent?"

He's terrified of we Trans people and drag queens. We leave him shaking in his undies.

#20 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2018-11-27 07:54 PM | Reply

He's terrified of we Trans people and drag queens. We leave him shaking in his undies.

I'm pretty sure he's more worried about how aroused he gets by Trans people.

It challenges his heterosexuality.

#21 | Posted by ClownShack at 2018-11-27 07:57 PM | Reply

Boaz, you're approaching Sniper level idiocy.

What's the matter little buddy? Bad dreams about the babies you killed?

#22 | Posted by snoofy at 2018-11-27 07:57 PM | Reply

I'm pretty sure he's more worried about how aroused he gets by Trans people.
It challenges his heterosexuality.

POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK AT 2018-11-27 07:57 PM | REPLY

Woahhhhhhhhhhhhh I have to sleep tonight dear. I can't have thoughts that Boaz wants to bone me.

#23 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2018-11-27 08:15 PM | Reply

Sleep with your boots on.

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2018-11-27 08:16 PM | Reply

He's terrified of we Trans people and drag queens. We leave him shaking in his undies.

#20 | POSTED BY LAURAMOHR AT 2018-11-27 07:54 PM | REPLY | FLAG:

I suspect, like in every case of obsession, he wants to be one or wants to have one (in the biblical sense).

#25 | Posted by BruceBanner at 2018-11-27 09:27 PM | Reply

"I suspect, like in every case of obsession, he wants to be one or wants to have one (in the biblical sense)."

This makes me look at my father's visceral hatred of mimes in a whole new light.

#26 | Posted by sentinel at 2018-11-27 10:18 PM | Reply

"This makes me look at my father's visceral hatred of mimes in a whole new light."

I asked him about it, and he was silent....

#27 | Posted by Danforth at 2018-11-27 10:39 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Murdered

#28 | Posted by hamburglar at 2018-11-27 11:12 PM | Reply

The autopsy said Hernandez was found with deep bruising on her rib cage and deep contusions on her back, which were "indicative of blows, and/or kicks, and possible strikes with a blunt object." Her wrists showed deep soft tissues and musculature bleeding, which it said were typical of injuries from handcuffs.

"According to observations of other detainees who were with Ms. Hernandez Rodriguez, the diarrhea and vomiting episodes persisted over multiple days with no medical evaluation or treatment, until she was gravely ill," Sperry wrote in the report.

Lynly Egyes, the director of litigation of the Transgender Law Center, called Hernandez's death "entirely preventable."

ICE declined to comment on the specifics of the independent autopsy report.

"A review of Hernandez's death conducted by ICE Health Service Corps medical professionals confirmed that she suffered from a history of untreated HIV," spokeswoman Danielle Bennett said in a statement. "At no time did the medical personnel treating Ms. Hernandez at Cibola General Hospital or Lovelace Medical Center raise any issues of suspected physical abuse."

Did ICE cuff her and then beat her to death? Beating an AIDS victim, very 1980's.

#29 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2018-11-27 11:23 PM | Reply

Murdered

POSTED BY HAMBURGLAR AT 2018-11-27 11:12 PM | REPLY

Yeppers straight up murdered.

#30 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2018-11-27 11:37 PM | Reply

It might have been an over-exuberant ------------....

Who am I kidding?

This looks like murder.

#31 | Posted by JeffJ at 2018-11-27 11:58 PM | Reply

I read an article yesterday, I don't have the time to dig it up right now, but the gist of it was there were no background checks done on any one at this facility to green-light the process.

I will try to dig up the article later.

So much winning.

#32 | Posted by MrSilenceDogood at 2018-11-28 09:45 AM | Reply

"And if you think ICE did that intentionally, you should go ---- yourself."

It's sort of impossible to not think they did it intentionally. No one dies of dehydration quickly. No one gets bruises all over their body accidentally. This was a crime, murder, and it needs to be addressed.

#33 | Posted by danni at 2018-11-28 12:21 PM | Reply

Private prisons need to go by the wayside. Too much corruption and mismanagement.

#34 | Posted by byrdman at 2018-11-28 12:28 PM | Reply

Murdered, in custody, by ICE agents. Welcome to the right wing wet dream. And to be sure, they will obfuscate and deny it every step of the way. What pieces of ----. I hope really bad things happen to them.

#35 | Posted by moder8 at 2018-11-28 02:52 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Maybe they put too much pepper spray on her tacos.

It's only a natural spice you know.

Goes great on chips, too.

#36 | Posted by donnerboy at 2018-11-28 07:58 PM | Reply

"Goes great on chips, too."

They say it's incapacitatingly tasty.

#37 | Posted by RevDarko at 2018-11-28 08:35 PM | Reply