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Schizophrenic prisoner found ‘devoured by lice’ – ‘neglected to death’

Schizophrenic prisoner found ‘devoured by lice’ – ‘neglected to death’

They suffer from malnutrition, dehydration and gorging From lice: A prisoner suffering from schizophrenia died “due to gross negligence” in prison Atlanta, in the American South, according to the results of a forensic report released yesterday.

Lason Thompson, a 35-year-old homeless black man, was arrested last June by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office for spitting on a police officer. On the 13th of September he was found dead, disemboweled and drenched in extreme filth, his body Full of insects in the dungeon The psychiatric ward of the local prison.

The official coroner’s examination concluded that the cause of death of the man with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder was “undetermined”. Thanks to the money provided by footballer Colin Kaepernick, one of the champions of the Black Lives Matter movement against racism and police brutality, His family managed to hire an independent examining doctor to conduct his own investigation. Lawson Thompson died of “Complications resulting from gross negligenceAccording to the coroner’s report, Roger Mitchell.

Upon arriving at the prison, Lason Thompson was prescribed medication for schizophrenia, but apparently had not taken it for at least the last 43 days of his life, hastening his path to death as he was unable to eat, drink or eat. Wash off without treatment. at the moment of deathHe weighed 15 kg lessHe was dehydrated and covered in a layer of dirt, according to the coroner.

His body harbored countless insects, which also entered his mouth and nose, and he had multiple bites on his arms and legs, according to the coroner’s report, which finds it possible that lice may have caused his anemia.

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Finally, it’s over Arrhythmia, But this was not the natural cause of his death. “Lason Thompson was neglected to the point of death,” the coroner’s report, which speaks of the murder, reports APE-MPE. During a press conference, the family’s lawyer stated that the cell had become a torture chamber. “Someone should hold his relatives accountable,” he said.

“Someone has to be held responsible for what happened to my nephew,” said Carew-Thompson. So far, nothing has been submitted treatment.

According to local press, the county sheriff recently took in the Lason Thompson family and accepted the resignations of two correctional officers. Al-Sharif did not respond to an AFP request for comment on the forensic doctor’s report.