St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlman said Wednesday that he is investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a 19-year-old woman at the parish jail a day earlier.
Nimali Henry had been jailed at St. Bernard Parish Prison for almost two weeks after a domestic dispute, according to records from the Sheriff’s Office.
Henry died Tuesday morning after she was found unresponsive on the floor of her cell at about 8 a.m., not long after a shift change among jail personnel, the sheriff said.