“Lashawn Thompson’s horrific death was symptomatic of a pattern of dangerous and dehumanizing conditions in the Fulton County Jail,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said. “The ...

“Detention in the Fulton County Jail amounted to a death sentence ... unconstitutional conditions that were reflected in Lashawn Thompson’s horrific death,” Attorney General Merrick Garland ...

It is time to start planning for a “staged withdrawal” of Fulton County jail inmates ... shortly after the death of Lashawn Thompson in the jail’s psychiatric wing. An autopsy found that ...

The DOJ started investigating the county lockup in Atlanta in 2023, following the 2022 death there of Lashawn Thompson ... trained and understaffed Fulton County Jail guards had a "practice ...