AMITE, La. (KPEL-FM) – In what continues to be a disturbing trend lately, another inmate has died while incarcerated at a Louisiana jail. This time, the fatality took place at the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on Wednesday, Dec. 10.
Inmate Found Unresponsive in Dorm
According to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, they are investigating the death of an inmate who was found unresponsive at the parish jail on Wednesday afternoon.
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Life-Saving Efforts Unable to Revive Hickerson
The staff found 55-year-old Eugene Hickerson unresponsive in his dorm around 3:00 p.m. Medical personnel immediately began life-saving efforts, but he was later pronounced dead…