The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has released documents detailing its investigation into the apparent in-custody suicide of Efrain de la Rosa, a detainee at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, in South Georgia.
The agency had withheld details of the investigation after a lawyer for CoreCivic, which operates the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, sent a letter to the GBI saying releasing the information would be “contrary to federal law.”
“It would appear that only the federal government can make disclosure of such records to the public,” wrote Steve Curry, a lawyer for CoreCivic, in an email to the GBI.
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