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Antwoin Harden

28 years old · died July 2014 · East Baton Rouge Parish Jail, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Antwoin Harden, 28, had bipolar disorder and sickle cell anemia. He died in July 2014 while held at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His mother, Angelo Moses, says he had refused his medication in the jail and died that month of a blood clot in his lung. The jail's medical contractor said it could not forcibly medicate people.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. His mother, Angelo Moses, says he refused his medication in the jail and died in July 2014 of a blood clot in his lung.

Reported by: his mother, Angelo Moses (family or their lawyers).

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