A man who was released from Elayn Hunt Correctional Center was found dead a day later, 80 miles from where he was supposed to be in Baton Rouge.
Treylin Deville’s family had arranged with the prison to have him placed at a group home that was equipped to deal with his mental health issues, but as the WBRZ Investigative Unit found out, he never made it there.
Deville had spent the last 10 years in prison for an armed robbery he committed when he was 17. His family says he struggled with mental health his whole life, and it did not get any better while he was incarcerated…