Justin Rice
Justin Rice, 37, died on December 7, 2025, at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, a state prison, while in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Local outlets described his death as unexpected, and the department said it triggered a state investigation. The department's entry in the state's death data lists the cause as an overdose. WAFB reported that an autopsy was scheduled.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists the cause of death as an overdose in its yearly death data.
Reported by: Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
Sources (4)
- Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, deaths in 2025 (data file)
- I-TEAM: State launches investigations into 15 unexpected deaths at Elayn Hunt Prison
- I-TEAM: Another inmate dies at Elayn Hunt
- WBRZ Investigative Unit: Inmate serving time in Dixon Correctional Institute dies of overdose