Louisiana Department of Corrections

Louisiana Department of Corrections has lost 12 officers across 117 years on record. 8 — 66.7% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 10.5 percentage points above the national average of 56.2% for Correctionss — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

2 officers were lost to accidents — 16.7% of this agency's fallen, compared to 18.2% nationally for Correctionss. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 6 officers who died did so in an accident.