Officials investigate death of inmate after fight at Angola
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Department of Corrections is investigating the death of an inmate after a fight at the Louisiana State Penitentiary Tuesday morning.
According to the DOC, correctional officers responded to a fight between three inmates and 45-year-old Robert Clark Jr.
The officers gained control and contacted the prison’s medical staff. The staff began treating Clark, but he later died, the DOC said.
The DOC said Clark was serving a life sentence in connection to the 2018 murder of another inmate, Dolan Franklin. Clark was originally serving a 75-year sentence connected to an armed robbery in Bossier Parish.
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The DOC said an autopsy will be performed and possible criminal charges will be pending after it is complete.
This is a joint investigation by the DOC and the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office.
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