April 20th 2023.
Officials from the Fulton County Jail in Georgia have stepped down after a prisoner, Lashawn Thompson, was found dead in his cell due to utterly inhumane conditions. Sheriff Patrick “Pat” Labat requested the resignations of the chief jailer and two assistant chief jailers and said it was time to “clean house.” Attorneys representing the Thompson family expressed their shock at the cell conditions and compared them to those of Emmett Till.
Labat released a statement saying that the officials had a combined 65 years of jail administration and law enforcement experience, but this experience can “lend itself to complacency, stagnation & settling for the status quo.” A Fulton County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said that a full investigation has been launched to determine whether any criminal charges are warranted in this case. This is a positive sign that the county is taking steps to ensure the safety of its prisoners and that such a tragedy does not happen again.
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