In response to the September death of inmate LaShawn Thompson, Fulton County will be setting aside $5.3 million for emergency updates to the Fulton County Jail.
Though Thompson died over six months ago, media outlets nationwide have reported on his death over the past week, quoting his family as saying he was eaten alive by bed bugs.
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