US EditionICE Launches Investigation After Detainee Death at Moshannon Valley Facility
PHILIPSBURG, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AUG 7 – Chaofeng Ge, a 32-year-old Chinese detainee, died by suicide after five days in ICE custody at the largest immigration detention center in Pennsylvania, amid ongoing concerns over detainee conditions.
- In Philipsburg, Chaofeng Ge, 32-year-old Chinese national, was found unresponsive in the Moshannon Valley Processing Center's shower room at 5:21 a.m. Tuesday and pronounced dead by the Clearfield County coroner at 6:03 a.m.
- Following his sentencing on July 31, Ge was remanded to Dauphin County Prison after his bail was set at $150,000.
- Operated by GEO Group Inc., the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, has 1,876 beds, an average population of 1,320 in June, and is the largest ICE facility in the Northeast.
- Following the death, ICE also notified the Chinese Embassy and announced an investigation, with a news conference scheduled for Thursday by immigrant-advocate groups.
- In fiscal year 2025, ICE recorded 12 in-custody deaths, including at least two suicides, with Ge’s death being the first Northeast fatality.
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ICE detainee from Queens hung himself in Pennsylvania facility: officials
NEW YORK (PIX11) --- An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee from Queens hung himself in the shower of the Pennsylvania facility where he was being held for fraud charges, officials said. Chaofeng Ge, a 32-year-old Chinese native from Flushing, was found hanging by the neck in the shower at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg at around 5:20 a.m. on Tuesday, according to an ICE press release. More Local News Ge was…
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