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Louisiana Sheriff Re-Elected Despite Prisoner Death Toll
Loaded on March 3, 2020
by Jayson Hawkins
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2020, page 28
Filed under:
Wrongful Death.
Location:
Louisiana.
by Jayson Hawkins
Jail conditions are seldom equated to accommodations at a five-star hotel. Even so, there are lockups where the environment threatens a clear and ever-present danger to prisoners and staff alike. Such is the case at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison (EBRPP) a community jail that a ...
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