On Wednesday, a 27-year-old Honduran man reportedly killed himself while jailed at Karnes County Residential Center, an immigrant detention center in Texas.

It is not clear that the mans death was related to the coronavirus. But unless the Trump administration releases people from immigrant detention during the pandemic, activists and legal groups warn, the nearly 40,000 immigrants in government custody could face serious mental health issues in addition to physical illness.

The mental health impact on people who are imprisoned for the crime of seeking a safe haven is overwhelming, Lucia Allain, a spokesperson for the advocacy group Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, said in a statement.

The added stress of the coronavirus potentially getting inside the center is deadly. We anticipate that this wont be the last death at Karnes unless ICE immediately releases all those detained at this detention center and in custody around the country.

RAICES has not yet released details about which family members the Honduran man was detained with or how long he had been held in the detention center. BuzzFeed reported that the 27-year-old crossed the border as part of a family unit on Feb. 19. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to HuffPosts request for comment.

But the mans suicide highlights problems with medical care, including mental health treatment, at immigration detention facilities, which advocates say could be exacerbated by the coronavirus outbreak.

A dirty and cramped detention center in the face of a pandemic is unsafe and inhumane, said Allain.