Dying in ICE custody: Inside America's immigration detention system | Fault Lines Documentary

In September 2025, 39-year-old Ismael Ayala-Uribe died just one month after entering California’s Adelanto ICE Processing Center. He was one of more than 50 people to die in immigration custody during Donald Trump’s first 500 days back in office. His family says he repeatedly complained of intense pain and asked for medical help, but received little beyond Tylenol. When he finally reached a hospital, his heart stopped within minutes. The Trump administration is detaining record numbers of immigrants, and deaths in custody are soaring. Fault Lines investigates failures in medical care and oversight, allegations of retaliation against hunger strikers and the role of private prison companies in the rapid expansion of immigration detention. Credits Director & Producer: Jeremy Young Correspondent: Natasha Del Toro Editor: Warwick Meade Director of Photography: Joel Van Haren Executive Producer: Laila Al-Arian Associate Producer and Fact Checker: Mehr Sher Production Associate: Khadeejah Khan Writers: Jeremy Young, Laila Al-Arian, Natasha Del Toro Sound Mix: Linus Bergman Colorist: Anna Stalter Additional Footage: Capital & Main Production Management: Anabelle Rojas Legal Review: George Stephanopoulos Digital Producer: Riham Mansour Special Thanks Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice Esmeralda Santos Tamara Marquez Immigration Defenders Law Center Melissa Shepard Rafi Mustafa Capital & Main Marco Amador Audrey Carleton L.A. Taco Lexis Olivier-Rey Morgan Keith Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile #ICE #documentary #usimmigration