Chaofeng Ge, a 32-year-old citizen of China, was pronounced dead at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, after jailers found him hanging by the neck in a shower room. Ge was facing removal from the United States after his conviction for charges related to a credit card fraud scheme earlier this year.

According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Ge had been in custody for five days and was awaiting a removal hearing before the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). Staff members of the ICE detention facility found Ge hanging by the neck in the shower room of his detention pod at 5:21 a.m. on Tuesday. The staff members lowered Ge to the ground and administered CPR as they awaited EMS arrival.

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