Household calls for solutions after ICE detainee’s dying – NBC New York
The household of the person who died earlier this month whereas in Immigrations and Customs Enforcement custody at Newark’s Delaney Corridor says it needs solutions about how he died in the future after he was taken into custody.
In an unique interview with NBC New York, Jean Wilson Brutus’ cousin says Brutus did not have any medical considerations earlier than being taken into custody. “We haven’t had some sort of closure surrounding his dying,” Evans Belony informed Information 4’s Axel Turcios. It is one thing Belony says he and his household are nonetheless attempting to course of. “He was like a liked one, that all of us liked, he was like a brother.”
Jean Wilson Brutus died Dec. 12, in line with ICE, in the future after he was taken into custody and positioned in detention at Delaney Corridor in Newark (Picture: Evans Belony)
ICE confirmed on Thursday day that the 41-year-old Haitian man died Dec. 12, after experiencing “a medical emergency.” “He didn’t have any medical circumstances beforehand and he entered into ICE custody wholesome,” stated Belony.
“We do need transparency, we do need accountability, we do need justice,” Evans Belony, the cousin of Jean Wilson Brutus, informed NBC New York. (Picture: NBC New York)
The Delaney Corridor immigration facility has already made headlines a number of instances this yr. In Could, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested there, accused of trespassing and launched shortly after. The mayor has stated he couldn’t discuss his case, citing a promise he made to legal professionals and the choose.
Baraka launched an announcement saying Brutus’ passing was “distressing, and brings up a number of disturbing questions.”
On Saturday, advocates have been exterior the detention heart, holding indicators calling for Delaney Corridor to be shut down. “We do need transparency, we do need accountability, we do need justice,” Belony stated.
In an announcement, ICE stated partly “Whereas at Delaney Corridor Detention Facility, he skilled a medical emergency and native Emergency Medical Companies was referred to as. EMS carried out life-saving measures and transported Brutus to College Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, and later the hospital pronounced him deceased.” The assertion provides, “He had no indicators of misery throughout consumption nor a medical historical past of cardiovascular points.”
ICE says Brutus was apprehended after he was launched from the Union County jail in Elizabeth, New Jersey, following an arrest for felony mischief — harm to property. Federal officers additionally declare the person had a number of prior arrests for felony trespassing. “By way of the prior arrests, we didn’t know something,” Belony informed Information 4.
ICE additionally says Brutus entered the U.S. on June 20, 2023, and that he was paroled into the nation, pending immigration proceedings. “He got here into the nation searching for asylum,” stated Belony. “And he was beneath our care.”
A protestor exterior the Delaney Corridor immigration facility on Dec. 20, after the dying of detainee Jean Wilson Brutus. (Picture: NBC New York)
Belony says his cousin was coping with the lack of his mom. “He turned very depressed and really unhappy.”
“The basic concern on this case is that Jean Wilson Brutus was taken into ICE custody alive and turned out lifeless,” stated household lawyer Joseph Makhandal Champagne. “Realizing that he got here in alive, realizing that he got here in nicely, with none indicators of medical misery or points.”
Champagne tells Information 4 that he and Brutus’ household are exploring all authorized avenues which might be applicable on this case.
