Derrick Williams
Derrick Williams, 46, died on October 20, 2018, at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where he was held in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. According to a news report published October 22, 2018, he collapsed after a fight with another prisoner on a Saturday morning and was taken to the prison treatment center, where he died a short time later. Prison officials said the cause of death was unclear, and West Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies and prison officials were investigating. The state's yearly death data lists his death as a homicide, based on the autopsy report.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists the death as homicide, based on the autopsy report, and a prison account says he collapsed after a fight with another prisoner.
Reported by: Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the agency that held him); Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.