Tyran Jones
Tyran Jones, 33, died on December 21, 2025, while held at Dixon Correctional Institute in Jackson, Louisiana, a state prison run by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. WBRZ reported, citing sources, that he died of a drug overdose, the second unexpected death at the facility that month. The department's yearly death data lists his death without a name and gives the cause as multiple system organ failure, which it attributes to natural causes. WBRZ said its Investigative Unit had requested data on deaths at Dixon for 2025.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed). The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists the death as natural, from multiple system organ failure, while sources told WBRZ Investigative Unit that he died of a drug overdose.
Reported by: Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the agency that held him); sources told the WBRZ Investigative Unit (reporters).