LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Officials say a 41-year-old inmate in the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center has died in his cell.
Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Craig Stansbury tells The Advocate (https://bit.ly/1oNdQBG ) Chris Jefferson was found unresponsive during routine jail cell inspections at 5 a.m. Wednesday.
Stansbury says Jefferson was a state Department of Corrections prisoner who was transferred to Lafayette on Sept. 14.
The department had Jefferson on hold on a charge of manslaughter. Stansbury said he didn’t know if Jefferson was serving a sentence or if he was awaiting trial.
Stansbury says an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.
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Information from: The Advocate, https://theadvocate.com
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