Kintad Phillips
Kintad Phillips, a 47-year-old Black man, died on August 17, 2020, while held in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. The department's annual death data, which does not include names, lists his death as a homicide based on the autopsy report. According to The Advocate, as reported by the Associated Press, he died after an altercation with another person held at the prison, the second deadly fight there in less than a month.
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 The Advocate, as reported by the Associated Press, says he died after an altercation with another inmate.
Reported by: Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the agency that held him); The Advocate, as reported by the Associated Press (reporters).