Louis F. Jewett, Jr.

New Mexico Corrections Department — Santa Fe, NM

Felonious

End of Watch April 4, 1981

Age 38

Tour of Duty 5 mo

Badge 458

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Correctional Officer Louis Jewett succumbed to stab wounds sustained 28 days earlier at the New Mexico State Penitentiary when he was attacked while attempting to prevent two inmates from stabbing a third inmate. The third inmate was also stabbed to death during the incident. Both inmates were convicted of two counts of first-degree murder. One was sentenced to two life terms to run consecutively with another life term he was serving. The other inmate was sentenced to death. In 1986 the New Mexico governor commuted the death sentence to life in prison. Officer Jewett had served with the New Mexico Corrections Department for only five months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, and two sons.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Jewett served with the New Mexico Corrections Department.
Thank you for your service to the Santa Fe community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Jewett.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department New Mexico Corrections Department

Location Santa Fe, NM

Platform Identity nmcdcorr.santafe.nm.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 4, 1981

Tour of Duty 5 mo

Age 38

Badge Number 458

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Edged weapon; Shank

Offender Convicted of murder

Correctional Officer Louis F. Jewett, Jr. is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In NM, 123 of 193 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.7% of this state's fallen. That is 9.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At New Mexico Corrections Department, 4 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

New Mexico Corrections Department

of 5 officers

80% Felonious

NM — Statewide

123

of 193 officers

63.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious