Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Roland Brown

St. Landry Parish Jail, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Roland Brown died while held at the St. Landry Parish Jail in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. A news report attributes his death to medical neglect, a claim made by that report rather than established by any official finding.

Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff. A news report lists the cause as medical neglect at the St. Landry Parish Jail, but the accounts provided give no further detail on the failures of care.

Reported by: news report.

News report