The plight of the Fulton County Jail is at the core of a new investigative report.
In 2022, the facility endured 11 fires, 534 fights, 114 stabbings and at least two murders, including Shamar McLeroy’s.
Lashawn Thompson, 35, was found dead in September 2022, three months after being housed at the jail’s psychiatric unit. An independent autopsy report found Thompson’s cause of death to be “complications due to severe neglect.”
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