GA - Lashawn Thompson, 35, dies of negligence and horrific abuse while in jail awaiting trial on misdemeanor charge, Fulton Co., 14 Apr 2023

[Hexe]

Sounds like he was already dead and covered with bugs.

More like agonal, yet still not deceased. Bedbugs and lice are not interested in corpses and their mouths are not designed to suck blood from the body with no circulation.

 

[Betty P]

I hate to say it, but Fulton Co is a long way from that. They do have very fair Judges. However, their District Attorneys office is severely understaffed and overworked as is the public defenders office. The courts are clogged. People are sitting in jail for over a year without being indicted. Jail is not meant to be a long term solution, prison is. When you don’t prosecute, the jail fills up. Overcrowding leads to so many other issues. There are so many other issues. Fortunately, it’s out in the open now and starting to be addressed.

If inmates are not violent offenders and don't have a past record of such, can't they release them on some sort of bail system?

It seems the best solution, in addition to having better options for those with mental illness.

I qualify those solutions by only suggesting non-violent offenders be released until their trial comes up. I disagree with some recent misguided attempts at reform that allow violent offenders to be released into the community.

I feel sorry for the people who live in places like Fulton Co. I caution my kids not to travel into or through those states.

 

[vls12345]

Sixth inmate dies in eight months inside of the Fulton County Jail

Christopher Smith, 34, had been in custody at the jail since October 2019.

www.wsbtv.com

 

[CJ1868]

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At what point in history it was really "innocent until proven guilty" instead of "innocent. or innocent until proven guilty and punished (if at all) then rather lightly IF rich or/and privilleged vs. guilty. or guilty till proven innocent and occasionally punished anyway (and not lightly) IF poor and unprivilleged"?

It's in general much better than it was, at any time but still so, so, scarily far from good, decent, safe, honest, just... IMO. Back in the day it was just easier to be ignorant to all the bad and scary as long till it came for you (I mean "you" in general, not neesaki-kind-of-"you") cause there was much less info, much less news, much harder to learn and verify things.

I so agree with you. My father was the passenger in his friends car. And was put in jail on an open container and public intoxication charge. In a town about 15 miles from where we lived. I was probably 6 or 7 at most, so in the neighborhood of 45 years ago. The inmates were housed on the second floor of a multi story building. When we pulled up and my mom opened the door to get out, you could hear my dad yelling down from his jail cell. It was snowing so hard you couldn’t see him just hear him. The cell had no window just bars as the windows had been broken out of several of the jail cells (per my dads description) and apparently not replaced. When he got in the car I remember how funny his lips looked. A funny kind of color and he was shivering uncontrollably. Enough that it scared my little brother and me. I’m sure he was what I now know to be hypothermic. IMO he would have been dead had he had to stay that afternoon and night in that place. And again IMO if he had succumb to hypothermia it would not have made the local town paper much less the small local news station. Making it so much easier to sweep under the rug. I wonder to this day if anyone else died during that winter storm in those jail cells. Not long after that (and I’m positive had nothing at all to do with my dads experience) inmates were taken to the county jail instead of housed in the small local police stations in this area.

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At what point in history it was really "innocent until proven guilty" instead of "innocent. or innocent until proven guilty and punished (if at all) then rather lightly IF rich or/and privilleged vs. guilty. or guilty till proven innocent and occasionally punished anyway (and not lightly) IF poor and unprivilleged"?

It's in general much better than it was, at any time but still so, so, scarily far from good, decent, safe, honest, just... IMO. Back in the day it was just easier to be ignorant to all the bad and scary as long till it came for you (I mean "you" in general, not neesaki-kind-of-"you") cause there was much less info, much less news, much harder to learn and verify things.

 

[vls12345]

Another Fulton County inmate dies; third in 1 month

Alexander Hawkins, 66, was found unresponsive in a medical unit cell at Fulton County Jail on Thursday.

www.atlantanewsfirst.com

 

[Deleted member 212413]

Another Fulton County inmate dies; third in 1 month

Alexander Hawkins, 66, was found unresponsive in a medical unit cell at Fulton County Jail on Thursday.

www.atlantanewsfirst.com

This is brutal. All of this is brutal.

 

[vls12345]

Man killed in stabbing at Fulton County Jail identified

Several inmates were stabbed after an argument at the jail.

www.11alive.com

 

[Deleted member 212413]

Man killed in stabbing at Fulton County Jail identified

Several inmates were stabbed after an argument at the jail.

www.11alive.com

Omg!!

 

[Deleted member 212413]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/31/us/fulton-county-jail-fifth-stabbing/index.html

 

[megs1477]

Gang activity is out of control in Atlanta. With the overcrowding issues, it seems like they are not able to properly identify and segregate rivals.

 

[vls12345]

High-tech wristband system that monitors Fulton County Jail inmates' vital signs delayed

According to contracts, the system was supposed to be installed and running weeks ago to no avail.

www.11alive.com

 

[vls12345]

And yet another death at Fulton County Jail:

'Had whole life ahead of him' | Family speaks on death of loved one following incarceration at Fulton County jail

Shawndre Delmore, 24, died three days after being taken to Grady Hospital from the Fulton County Jail.

www.11alive.com

 

[Deleted member 212413]

High-tech wristband system that monitors Fulton County Jail inmates' vital signs delayed

According to contracts, the system was supposed to be installed and running weeks ago to no avail.

www.11alive.com

This is crazy!
Sorry meant to actually add that to the above post with the death of Shawndre Delmore but it works with this one too. Just so sad.

 

[Deleted member 212413]

Has there been any accountability at all?

 

[LordMo]

Has there been any accountability at all?

I feel like a lot of really bad things happen in Fulton County in particular with no accountability, and I don't ever hear much about people being held accountable for prison "incidents" like this, since the institution itself provides a nice umbrella to disperse the blame until it becomes meaningless.

JMO, in part based on half-remembered anecdotal evidence.

 

[vls12345]

Fulton County Jail starts to use wristbands to monitor inmates' health

The wearable wristband sends real-time alerts to ensure the safety of inmates.

www.11alive.com

 

[LordMo]

hey -- just spitballing here -- if inmates are allowed to die via open wounds and infections sustained over a prolonged period, smartwatches reporting their pulses aren't going to help. That's the type of safety measure you use for people who you've already triaged into life-threatening conditions before you slapped the watch on them. I'd ask "do the prison officials think that this is a video game?" but I already have a sick feeling that they don't care that much.

 

[megs1477]

hey -- just spitballing here -- if inmates are allowed to die via open wounds and infections sustained over a prolonged period, smartwatches reporting their pulses aren't going to help. That's the type of safety measure you use for people who you've already triaged into life-threatening conditions before you slapped the watch on them. I'd ask "do the prison officials think that this is a video game?" but I already have a sick feeling that they don't care that much.

The initial deaths occurred in the mental health unit. If that says anything.

It is kind of a mess all around up there...

DA investigator accidentally shoots herself at Fulton County courthouse

A Fulton County law enforcement officer is recovering after investigators say she accidentally shot herself while at a Downtown Atlanta courthouse.

www.fox5atlanta.com

 

[LordMo]

The initial deaths occurred in the mental health unit. If that says anything.

It is kind of a mess all around up there...

DA investigator accidentally shoots herself at Fulton County courthouse

A Fulton County law enforcement officer is recovering after investigators say she accidentally shot herself while at a Downtown Atlanta courthouse.

www.fox5atlanta.com

sounds like a grim-n'-gritty version of the Keystone Kops down in Fulton County. Their prisoner capacity has nothing on how many of their officials can fit into a clown car at once.

 

[Charlot123]

This is an interesting read. Article states that jailers had expressed concerns about his well-being in the days before his death. A report on the unit housing mentally ill persons decried the conditions as well.

However, COD has not been determined. I’ve never heard of bedbugs killing someone. Where was his family the past three months?

Was he denied bail? He was booked on a misdemeanor 3 mos ago…has history of arrests.

Sensational article but I believe there’s a lot more to this story and I’m not sure it’s concern for the deceased that is the motivating factor.

It could be infected bedsores.
The motivating factor is different, since they probably didn't visit him not to notice what was going on, but it doesn't change the outcome. The jail has to be closed.