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died April 20, 2025 · Jefferson Parish Correctional Center, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

A man died at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Louisiana on April 20, 2025. He was found unresponsive in a housing unit around 7 a.m. and taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said the death was a suicide and is under investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Sheriff Joseph Lopinto's office says the man died by suicide, and the death is under investigation.

Reported by: Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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