Paul Cleveland
Paul Cleveland was a U.S. Navy veteran who, his niece said, once brought a pork roast to her when he worried she had run out of groceries, and who let near-strangers stay in a mobile home on his property until they got back on their feet. He was held at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in Baton Rouge in 2014 and died there of a heart attack, according to the cause given in the reporting. Before his death he called his niece from the jail and told her he did not think he would make it out alive. A 2018 report on the jail, cited by The New Yorker in 2021, alleges that staff left him naked on the floor of his cell, and the report describes him as having severe heart problems and a range of medical and mental-health issues.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The 2018 report on the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison alleges that staff left him naked on the floor of his cell before he died of severe heart problems.
Reported by: 2018 report on the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.