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Arizona Daily Star
October 28, 2026

Detained woman on life support, after apparent act of self-harm at AZ ICE facility
By Emily Bregel


ICE detention is civil detention, not criminal, meaning no one in immigration detention is serving a sentence for a crime, regardless of whether they have a prior criminal record. About 70% of current ICE detainees have no criminal conviction on their record, and many with convictions have only traffic violations, according to Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.


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