INDIANAPOLIS Congressman Andr Carson on Thursday released a response from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following his April inquiry into conditions at the Miami Correctional Facility.According to ICE, 51 people died in ICE custody nationwide between January 20, 2025 and May 12, 2026.Investigations into the deaths of detainees Lorth Sim and Tuan Van Bui at Miami Correctional remain ongoing, ICE said.As of April 19 this year, ICE reported the facility held an average daily population of 463 detainees, with an average stay of 56.3 days.Between April 122, ICE said the facility administered 3,242 doses of medication, but that 799 doses were missed. Of those, 750 were missed because detainees did not report to the pill line, 44 because medication was unavailable from the pharmacy, five due to court appearances, and five due to low blood sugar.As of April 21, ICE reported 102 detainees received administered medications, while 211 were provided medication to self-administer.ICE declined to disclose staffing levels or ratios, citing operational sensitivity.You can view the full ICE response below:Carson issued the following statement: I am deeply concerned by officials' continued failure to provide timely medical care and prescribed medications to people in ICE custody at Miami Correctional Facility. The government has a clear legal duty to protect the health and safety of every person in its custody. When that duty is ignored, the consequences are life threatening, and in some cases, deadly. Although ICE's response indicates that some issues raised in my initial inquiry have been addressed, including upgrades to the commissary system and updates to the law library content to include a congressional privacy release form, the agency's answers raise even more serious questions about medical care, medication access, and legal access. I initially raised concerns that detainees were not receiving proper medical care and prescription medications after two ICE detainee deaths at Miami Correctional, particularly given reports of delayed and inadequate medical care at the facility. ICE's response to my letter only deepens those concerns. ICE now acknowledges that detainees at Miami Correctional missed a staggering 799 doses of medication. This is gravely concerning, and these figures demand immediate scrutiny. Just this week, the ACLU of Indiana filed a lawsuit on behalf of Andranik Grigoryan, a former ICE detainee who suffered a severe seizure after he was denied prescribed medication. These allegations are consistent with what detainees at Miami Correctional told me during my oversight visit in April, including one man who could not even access Tylenol in a timely manner. Extensive reporting also demonstrates poor staffing and a dangerous medical care backlog at Miami Correctional. There is more than enough evidence: Miami Correctional is failing to uphold basic standards of care for its detainees. This is not an isolated incident this is a deadly pattern of neglect. Today, I am calling for immediate intervention and a thorough, transparent investigation into injuries and deaths at Miami Correctional. I am also calling for accountability of any officials whose actions or failure to act contributed to these deaths and injuries. ICE must make the findings of that investigation public and provide a full accounting of the medical care and medication access provided at Miami Correctional. I renew my call to end ICE detention at Miami Correctional and urge swift action before another person is seriously harmed, injured, or killed by ICE. Transparency is the first step towards accountability, which is why I am making ICE's full response public. Since this administration's brutal escalation of ICE detainment, I have not and will not vote to give ICE a penny more of your taxpayer dollars without meaningful accountability and fundamental reforms. ICE is terrorizing families, undermining due process, and violating basic human rights. ...read more read less