PORT ALLEN — Smuggled-in drugs continue to cause serious problems in what is supposed to be a secure facility.

26-year-old Nicholas Henderson was found dead in his lockdown isolation cell Sunday at the West Baton Rouge Parish Jail. Henderson's is the fourth inmate death in the facility this year.

Ryan Moreau, in March, was the first. He died after taking an unknown substance. Two other inmates were arrested for his death.

In May, Unterio Lewis died from an overdose of cocaine and fentanyl.

In August, Jeremy Paul and two other inmates were found unresponsive in their cells after taking mojo. Paul died. WBRZ spoke to Paul's partner.

"I do feel that the drugs shouldn't be in the facility, however it got there, and however the other two inmates survived the same drugs that Jeremy took. I

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