April 21, 2023: Crisis and Neglect

21/04/2023 28 min
April 21, 2023: Crisis and Neglect

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Episode Synopsis

The U.S. was shaken this week by the death of Lashawn Thompson in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail.  He had been moved to the psychiatric ward after being jailed on a simple battery charge.  Physically healthy when he was arrested, he was left in a cell infested with bed bugs and other vermin.  Michael Harper, an …