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Records show that once inside the detention center, Deniz Sahagun continued to hurt himself.

GREGORY HESS: Trying to bang his head against the wall, saying people were going to kill him, just kind of bizarre behavior.

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HINOJOSA: Under suicide watch, Deniz Sahagun was only allowed to wear a smock and had a guard watching him 24 hours. By the next morning, his third day at Eloy, the psychologist wrote that Deniz Sahagun seemed to be doing better, so he downgraded his level of supervision. He was given his clothes back, remained in solitary but with a guard checking on him every 15 minutes. That’s the day Jose de Jesus Deniz Sahagun died, May 20, 2015. He died by asphyxiation. The autopsy later discovered he canada goose outlet locations in toronto had stuffed a sock down his throat.

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HINOJOSA: Even though the majority of immigrants detained are not violent criminals. Dr. Keller reviewed Deniz Sahagun’s case thoroughly and questioned the detention center’s policy of putting suicidal detainees in solitary. The rationale for that is that they can be monitored more easily and would be less likely to hurt themselves. But Dr. Keller says that only works when somebody is in immediate danger. After that, doctors need a treatment plan.

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HINOJOSA: The Office of Detention Oversight report on Deniz Sahagun was released more than a year after his death. It pointed to a series of small errors, painting a picture of deficiencies in how the Eloy Detention Center handled canada goose vest outlet this case. For one, the report found that the doctor took him off of suicide watch without filling out a proper mental health evaluation. The investigators also found that Eloy canada goose outlet had no mental health providers on call after hours a breach of ICE healthcare standards.

Surveillance video from outside Deniz Sahagun’s cell shows that once the guards found him unresponsive, they waited for a protective shield for seven minutes before entering his cell. A handheld video taken by one of the guards offers a three minute look inside the cell. The first thing staff did once they went in was to handcuff Deniz Sahagun. Dr. Keller says the first thing should’ve been to check to see if he was breathing.

KELLER: The first thing going through their head was not, A, for airway, it was, S, for safety. And that’s in many ways understandable. Between the handcuffing and then uncuffing him that’s precious time. The clock of life and saving a life is ticking.

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