Lashawn Thompson, 35, was imprisoned at the Fulton County Jail on the charge of misconduct; then, he was sent to its psychiatric division after the jail officials came to the conclusion that Thompson had mental health problems.
The incident happened on September 13, 2022, when three months following his incarceration, he was found dead inside a cell full of insects. The Washington Post reported that a prison guard got dressed in a hazmat suit to enter the filthy cell.
Michael Harper, a lawyer representing the Thompson family, said that the jail guards placed Lashawn in the cell and intended to move him to a medical unit, but he was eaten by the bed bugs.
Lashawn’s family members were informed of his death in custody shortly after the authorities announced it.
Now, the family calls for probing into his death as well as shutting down and replacing the prison, because of his sad death in a squalid jail cell.
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