The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office says it has taken several steps to address concerns at its jail following reports of a 35-year-old Black man who died under alleged brutal conditions, but his family is still calling for the jail to be torn down.
Officials from the sheriff’s office say they’ll ask the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to determine whether any criminal charges are warranted in the case of Lashawn Thompson.
The family’s attorney, Michael Harper, says Thompson was covered in bed bugs when he was found dead in the psychiatric wing of the Fulton County Jail in September last year. He had previously been arrested for a misdemeanor but not yet charged.
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