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James Ortego

26 years old · died August 8, 2024 · Dixon Correctional Institute, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

James Ortego died in custody at Dixon Correctional Institute on August 8, 2024, according to records compiled by Incarceration Transparency.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Incarceration Transparency recorded the manner of death as natural.

Reported by: Incarceration Transparency (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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