An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee awaiting his immigration hearing was found hanging by the neck in the shower room at the Pennsylvania facility where he was being held, according to officials.

Chaofeng Ge — a 32-year-old Chinese citizen who lived in Flushing, Queens — was discovered unresponsive in his pod at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg on Tuesday at around 5:20 a.m., according to an ICE press release.

Staff who found Ge immediately lowered him to the ground and provided CPR until first responders arrived on the scene.

Despite efforts to revive him, Ge was pronounced dead by the Clearfield County coroner at 6:03 a.m., ICE said. He’d been in custody for just five days and was awaiting a hearing before the Justice Department’s Executive Office

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