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14% of incarcerated people who died in Louisiana hadn’t even been tried
According to Louisiana Deaths Behind Bars, a new report created by Loyola New Orleans College of Law Professor Andrea Armstrong, more than 14 percent of the 786 people who are known to have died behind bars in Louisiana between 2015 and 2019 hadn’t even gone to trial yet. (Darrin Klimek/Getty Images)
More than 14% of the 786 people who are known to have died behind bars in Louisiana between 2015 and 2019 hadn’t even gone to trial yet. Two of those who died before getting their day in court were juveniles.