First responders rushed to a private jail in rural Pennsylvania last month, where guards discovered one of the hundreds of immigrants detained there hanging in a shower room.

Efforts to revive 32-year-old Chaofeng Ge failed. The Chinese national who had been living in New York City was pronounced dead from suicide.

"Obviously, Mr. Ge's family is very concerned," said New York state senator John Liu, who has been in touch with Ge's brother. "They were surprised that this would have happened."

Scripps News has learned Ge's suicide was not the first sign of trouble at the jail in Philipsburg, also known as the Moshannon Valley Processing Center. The jail is owned by the GEO Group and under contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help house migrants arrested as part of Presiden

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