Wilmot Sandlin McCain

Louisiana Department of Corrections — Baton Rouge, LA

Illness

End of Watch April 20, 2020

Age 67

Tour of Duty 24 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 11

Incident

Warden Sandy McCain died after contracting COVID-19 through a confirmed exposure while on duty at the Raymond Laborde Correctional Center.

Warden McCain had served with the Louisiana Department of Corrections for 24 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Warden Wilmot Sandlin McCain died on April 20, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 67.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Louisiana Department of Corrections.

Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.

Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two sons, and several grandchildren.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Warden McCain gave the Louisiana Department of Corrections 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Louisiana. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Warden McCain.

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

Agency

Department Louisiana Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Baton Rouge, LA

Platform Identity ldcorr.ebr.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 20, 2020

Tour of Duty 24 yrs

Age 67

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Warden Wilmot Sandlin McCain is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In LA, 28 of 595 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.7% of this state's fallen. That is 4.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Louisiana Department of Corrections, 2 of 12 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.

Louisiana Department of Corrections

of 12 officers

16.7% Illness

LA — Statewide

of 595 officers

4.7% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Illness