A Georgia sheriff has accepted the resignations of three of his top deputies following disturbing allegations that a prisoner suffering from mental health problems was eaten alive by bed bugs.
A Georgia sheriff has accepted the resignations of three of his top deputies following disturbing allegations that a prisoner suffering from mental health problems was eaten alive by bed bugs.
Three months after Thompson was taken in, he was found dead in the jail's psychiatric wing, covered in sores and bites from bed bugs and lice so severe that his family could not recognize him. Pictures from inside the jail showed Thompson being held in a filthy cell with dirt and grime coating the floors, walls, and toilet.
"They literally watched his health decline until he died," Harper said."When his body was found, one of the detention officers refused to administer CPR because, in her words, she was 'freaked out.'" Thompson's family plans to file a lawsuit against the sheriff and detention officers if an investigation they commissioned determines Thompson's death was due to the bug bites. The results are expected within the next two months. Thompson's family is not only demanding someone be held accountable for his death but also that the jail be shut down.
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