Unterio Lewis

Unterio Lewis died in May 2025 while held at the West Baton Rouge Correctional Center in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. A WBRZ report describes the death as drug-related and places it among three deaths at the facility in six months. Prison reform advocates raised questions about security at the facility in light of those deaths.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The death is described as drug-related, and prison reform advocates have questioned security at the facility after three deaths there in six months.

Reported by: news reporting on the West Baton Rouge Correctional Center deaths (reporters); prison reform advocates.

Source

• Advocates question whether security reforms in WBR Jail are enough after series of inmate deaths WBRZ, August 20, 2025