Major Jones
Major Jones, 32, died on January 4, 2020, at Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, where he had been held since 2017. State prison officials said he died after a fight with another man held at the prison, and they opened an investigation, with an autopsy planned for that week. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections' annual death data lists his death as a homicide, based on the autopsy report.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections' yearly death data gives the cause as homicide, based on the autopsy report, and state prison officials said he died after a fight with another prisoner.
Reported by: Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the agency that held him); State prison officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.