DOJ report calls jail where inmate was ‘eaten alive’ by bedbugs a ‘death sentence’ for its inhabitants

Background: The Fulton County Jail (AP Photo/Kate Brumback, File). Insets: Lashawn Thompson and his Fulton County Jail cell (The Harper Law Firm).

Background: The Fulton County Jail (AP Photo/Kate Brumback, File). Insets: Lashawn Thompson and his Fulton County Jail cell (The Harper Law Firm).

Inmates held at a beleaguered county jail in Georgia have been subjected to unconstitutional, inhumane, and violent conditions that include homicides, stabbings, sexual abuse, pest infestation, and malnourishment, according to an investigation and report by the U.S. Justice Department.

Conditions of confinement at the Fulton County Jail in the Atlanta area violate the Eighth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, authorities said.

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