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 ...

"The problems at the Fulton County Jail did not arise in a day and will not be fixed in a day but I am determined that they will be fixed," said Pitts. Lashawn Thompson died at the age of 35 in ...

ATLANTA — The US Justice Department ... officials cited the September 2022 death of 35-year-old Lashawn Thompson in a bedbug-infested cell in the main jail’s psychiatric wing, noting that ...

ATLANTA — The U.S. Justice Department ... officials cited the September 2022 death of 35-year-old Lashawn Thompson in a bedbug-infested cell in the main jail’s psychiatric wing, noting that ...

jail, which were highlighted by the death of Lashawn Thompson and uncovered in a federal investigation that followed. Thompson, 35, died after three months in the jail’s psychiatric wing in ...

Fulton County DA Fani Willis urges commissioners to approve increased funding for the Rice Street jail facility ... launched after the 2022 death of Lashawn Thompson, revealed severe neglect ...

Justice Department Enters Consent Decree With Fulton County Over Jail Conditions ATLANTA (AP ... the September 2022 death of 35-year-old Lashawn Thompson in a bedbug-infested cell in the ...

particularly the main facility on Rice Street in Atlanta. Department of Justice investigators began looking into the jail after the death of Lashawn Thompson, who was arrested on a simple battery ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department announced ... officials cited the September 2022 death of 35-year-old Lashawn Thompson in a bedbug-infested cell in the main jail’s psychiatric wing, noting ...