PORT ALLEN - The West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office announced today that a 30-year-old inmate died in the correctional facility. Investigators suspect the death may be related to a drug overdose, and his partner wants answers.

According to the West Baton Rouge Sheriff's office, three inmates were found suffering from a medical emergency on Wednesday night. The inmates received on-site medical treatment. Two inmates recovered, while Jeremy Paul remained unresponsive and was pronounced deceased.

"My heart, my heart is hurting. I'm hurt. I'm hurt behind my husband, that's mine," Shingo Paul said.

Paul says she woke this morning to a call from an unfamiliar number.

"The person went on to tell me that my husband was deceased. I was confused. I didn't know if he had been released from

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