Press Release 10/17/25
PRESS RELEASE 10/17/2025
In the early morning hours of Friday, October 17, 2025, an inmate at the Jefferson Davis Parish Jail became unconscious during medication treatment. The inmate was identified as Arthur Vickers, 60 years old, of Welsh, Louisiana. Vickers was at medical call and started showing signs of a medical emergency in front of staff and fell unresponsive in an isolation cell. Correctional staff, nurses and Acadian Ambulance personnel immediately begin preforming life-saving measures but Vickers could not be resuscitated. Vickers was pronounced deceased by medical personnel.
Detectives continue the investigation and preliminary information indicates that Vickers had a significant medical history, which was the reason for being housed in an isolation cell for observation.
Vickers had been arrested two days prior on multiple outstanding warrants and additional misdemeanor charges. As this investigation is still in its early stages, no further information is being released at this time. Additional details will be provided as they become available. The parish coroner will determine the cause of death.