Deaths in Custody
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Saul Diaz

40 years old · died June 10, 2021 · East Baton Rouge Parish Jail, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Saul Diaz, 40, died by suicide on June 10, 2021, while held at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The jail's representative said people on suicide watch are regularly monitored, which is the jail's own account of its practice. Andrea Armstrong has documented the facility as the site of many deaths since 2012.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The record gives suicide as the cause without naming a source, and a jail representative said people on suicide watch are regularly monitored.

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