“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 ...

FULTON COUNTY ... The DOJ launched an investigation into the jail's dangerous conditions after the high-profile death of LaShawn Thompson in September 2022. Thompson, who had been held on a ...

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 ...