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

[PrairieWind]

Labat thinks the solution is to build a larger jail. I am wondering…Lashawn Thompson was in jail for misdemeanor and had mental illness. Would it be easier to let him out on a less restrictive alternative order? Mandating to show up at a local community health clinic for meds? Or maybe money would be better spent on building a community health clinic than jail?

There are people that have been in the Fulton Cnty jail for months and months without every having a bond hearing or an attorney appointed. A new jail would be nice, but there are a lot more and probably more urgent things that need to be addressed.

 

[vls12345]

State Senate hearing spotlights staffing issues, dangerous conditions in Georgia's prison system

In a State Senate hearing on Friday, officials described prison work as the toughest and lowest-paying position in public safety.

www.11alive.com

 

[c@tw0man]

Wait, what?

An employee was unaware of the conditions?

Huh?

I call BS, they have to put eyeballs on every inmate at set times every day and night. The psych pod is supposed to monitor and protect vulnerable inmates, not lock them up and throw away the key!

 

[FrostedGlass]

I don't know if there's a thread but apparently there's a Federal lawsuit regarding Joshua McLemore's death in an Indiana jail.
Both cases are cruel and horrendous but Thompson's death seems even worse.

Federal lawsuit filed in case of man who died after spending 20 days in solitary confinement at Indiana jail

There is a thread here.

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Post in thread 'IN Joshua McLemore, 29, Died After 20 Days in Solitary Confinement at Jackson Co. Jail 08/ 2021. Fed. Lawsuit Filed'

Mar 8, 2024

I found Courtlistener updates for his case. It gives enough info that you have a idea of what's going on.
There are a couple of orders that are free to download; the rest are behind Pacer's paywall.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67174021/estate-of-joshua-a-mclemore-v-jackson-county-indiana/

• FrostedGlass

 

[fred&edna]

There is a thread here.

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Post in thread 'IN Joshua McLemore, 29, Died After 20 Days in Solitary Confinement at Jackson Co. Jail 08/ 2021. Fed. Lawsuit Filed'

Mar 8, 2024

I found Courtlistener updates for his case. It gives enough info that you have a idea of what's going on.
There are a couple of orders that are free to download; the rest are behind Pacer's paywall.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67174021/estate-of-joshua-a-mclemore-v-jackson-county-indiana/

• FrostedGlass

I think there was already a thread started by another member previously... link below.
(maybe a mod can combine?)

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Thread 'IN - Joshua McLemore, died after 3 weeks in custody, Jackson County, 2021'

Apr 16, 2023

This is horrifying:

Federal lawsuit filed in case of man who died after spending 20 days in solitary confinement at Indiana jail

For nearly three weeks, Joshua McLemore lived in solitary confinement at the Jackson County Jail. He barely ate or drank after being taken to the jail on July 20, 2021. He urinated and defecated on…

fox59.com

• Marysmith
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[FrostedGlass]

I think there was already a thread started by another member previously... link below.
(maybe a mod can combine?)

M

Thread 'IN - Joshua McLemore, died after 3 weeks in custody, Jackson County, 2021'

Apr 16, 2023

This is horrifying:

Federal lawsuit filed in case of man who died after spending 20 days in solitary confinement at Indiana jail

For nearly three weeks, Joshua McLemore lived in solitary confinement at the Jackson County Jail. He barely ate or drank after being taken to the jail on July 20, 2021. He urinated and defecated on…

fox59.com

• Marysmith
• Replies: 5
• Forum: In the News

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Thanks. I totally missed that one or I would have posted on it.
Sadly, there wasn't much interest in either one.

 

[Charlot123]

There are people that have been in the Fulton Cnty jail for months and months without every having a bond hearing or an attorney appointed. A new jail would be nice, but there are a lot more and probably more urgent things that need to be addressed.

Next question: let us say, tomorrow all Fulton jail inmates who are there for nonviolent crimes are let out. Is there a place for them to go?
There is probably non-reclaimed land around. Can people live there and…just do some job? Anyone can. I don’t understand why secure that people who may even not have housing stay in jail?
Can we find out what Lashawn Thompson charge was?

 

[Marysmith]

Labat thinks the solution is to build a larger jail. I am wondering…Lashawn Thompson was in jail for misdemeanor and had mental illness. Would it be easier to let him out on a less restrictive alternative order? Mandating to show up at a local community health clinic for meds? Or maybe money would be better spent on building a community health clinic than jail?

Also Lashawn Thompson had not even been charged with anything and had been there for 3 months in "pretrial detention" because he couldn't afford bail. His story is all kinds of wrong.
I totally agree that the solution is not another jail because why was Lashawn in jail for 3 months anyways?! He should have been transported to a hospital for help and his family notified.

 

[Marysmith]

Next question: let us say, tomorrow all Fulton jail inmates who are there for nonviolent crimes are let out. Is there a place for them to go?
There is probably non-reclaimed land around. Can people live there and…just do some job? Anyone can. I don’t understand why secure that people who may even not have housing stay in jail?
Can we find out what Lashawn Thompson charge was?

I cannot find any charge for him either except that it was "a misdemeanor".

 

[vls12345]

Class-action lawsuit filed against sheriff, Fulton County Jail

Attorneys representing several people hurt or killed at the Fulton County Jail have filed a class action lawsuit against the jail and Sheriff Pat Labat.

www.wsbtv.com

Attorneys representing several people hurt or killed at the Fulton County Jail have filed a class action lawsuit against the jail, the chief jailer and Sheriff Pat Labat.

Godspeed to the victims and families.

 

[vls12345]

Jail monitor announced to oversee improvement efforts at Fulton County Jail

Kathleen M. Kenney will serve as the lead monitor with oversight for implementation of the Consent Decree for the Fulton County Jail.

www.wsbtv.com

After the many issues surrounding the Fulton County Jail, a monitor was announced on Friday by the U.S. District Court.

 

[vls12345]

Family of inmate stabbed to death inside Fulton County jail file wrongful death suit

The family of Leonard Fortner accused Fulton County officials in a lawsuit of indifference to the conditions inside the jail, which, they say, led to his killing.

www.11alive.com

The family of an inmate stabbed to death inside the Fulton County jail has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, accusing Fulton County officials of being "deliberately indifferent to known risks of serious harm" at the notorious jail.

According to the suit, Fortner was being held in jail on nonviolent charges of criminal damage to property connected to a January 2024 incident when he was stabbed by Edward Cherry 20 times. Cherry is accused of using the "crumbling walls" of the jail to fashion a reported 9-inch knife used in the attack.

The suit claims that Fortner, who lawyers say was a member of the LGBTQ+ community and HIV positive, should have been separated from the general population because he was at great risk of being assaulted.

Meanwhile, several inmates at the jail have filed a class-action lawsuit against the jail, citing the conditions, including the prevalence of shanks made from parts of the crumbling building.

 

[borndem]

Wait, what?

An employee was unaware of the conditions?

Huh?

"Huh?" is right! No one saw or very probably smelled the condition of that jail cell???
Certainly jails or prisons aren't going to provide cells like in a fine hotel, but really... SMH

 

[Charlot123]

"Huh?" is right! No one saw or very probably smelled the condition of that jail cell???
Certainly jails or prisons aren't going to provide cells like in a fine hotel, but really... SMH

This is such a horrible, and a so sad, case. All that the poor dude had was mental illness and no money. (((

 

[vls12345]

Fulton County proposes 'special purpose facility' rather than building new jail

Fulton County is attempting to solve the overcrowding in its jails. The partnership with the city of Atlanta to help house inmates is set to expire in 2026.

www.11alive.com