JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Deputies with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death of an inmate on Sunday, April 20.
The JPSO reported an unresponsive adult male inmate was found in a housing unit around 7 a.m.
He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
According to the JPSO, the death is currently being investigated as “an in-custody suicide.”
Additional information was not provided, and JPSO officials said the investigation is ongoing.
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