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| Inmate death at Orleans Parish Prison first under federal oversight |
| By nola.com- Naomi Martin |
| Published: 03/25/2014 |
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The weekend death of an Orleans Parish jail inmate marked the first since a federal court order aimed at overhauling the jail began taking hold in October. Now several outside agencies, including the U.S. Justice Department, will review death investigations at the jail. Sheriff Marlin Gusman's office said Monday that Willie Lee, 40, died of heart failure after getting into a fight with another prisoner. Through a preliminary autopsy, the coroner's office determined Lee had "extensive heart disease and died from cardiac arrest," Gusman's office said. Lee had been jailed since March 15 on counts of unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, simple criminal damage to property and criminal trespassing, records show. He was being held in lieu of $20,500 bond. Read More. |
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