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Changes coming to jail where inmate was "eaten alive" by bedbugs
The death of LaShawn Thompson at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta is now being investigated after his family's lawyer claimed he died after being "eaten alive" by bedbugs. The Fulton County Sheriff's ...
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DOJ demands changes at 'abhorrent' Atlanta jail
The DOJ started investigating the county lockup in Atlanta in 2023, following the 2022 death there of Lashawn Thompson ... and understaffed Fulton County Jail guards had a "practice of using ...
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DOJ report calls jail where inmate was ‘eaten alive’ by bedbugs a ‘death sentence’ for its inhabitants
Insets: Lashawn Thompson and his Fulton County Jail ... Conditions of confinement at the Fulton County Jail in the Atlanta area violate the Eighth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution ...
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Feds, Fulton County reach deal to improve deadly, inhumane conditions at Atlanta jail
Protesters gather outside of the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta in response to the death of Lashawn Thompson, whose body was found covered in thousands of insects on Sept. 19, 2022 (Megan ...
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‘Inhumane’ conditions at Georgia jail highlighted in man’s ‘horrific’ death, feds say
Officials in Fulton County, Georgia, have reached an agreement with the Justice Department to address the conditions of the county’s jail, where Lashawn Thompson and other incarcerated ...