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Prisoners Transferred from Atlanta Jail Where Prisoner Was “Eaten Alive” by Insects

HeadlineApr 17, 2023

In Georgia, over 600 prisoners are being transferred from the Fulton County Jail after the family of a deceased prisoner says he was “eaten alive” by insects and bedbugs in his cell last year. The family of 35-year-old Lashawn Thompson, who was being held in the jail’s psychiatric wing, is demanding a criminal investigation and that the jail be shut down.

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