Kenneth Gleason
Kenneth Gleason, 27, died on September 22, 2021, at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where he had been held for only a few days after arriving from another facility. He was found hanging in his single-occupancy cell shortly after midnight, and the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections said he died by suicide. His attorney, quoted in one report, called the death highly suspicious and said officials gave conflicting accounts. The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office and the prison opened investigations, and no preliminary autopsy was available when the reports were published.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed). The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections says Kenneth Gleason died by suicide by hanging, while his attorney calls the death suspicious and says officials gave conflicting accounts.
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.
News reports (4)
- Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, deaths in 2021 (data file)
- Convicted killer Kenneth Gleason commits suicide in Angola prison cell, officials say
- Louisiana Inmate Convicted For ‘Hunting Black Men’ Found Hanging In Angola Prison Cell
- Convicted killer just starting life sentence found dead in Louisiana prison cell