Suspicious Fulton jail death
June 6, 2008 at 1:58 pm by Mara Shalhoup in NewsThe AJC reports today that the death of a Fulton County jail inmate is being investigated by the FBI.
According to the story, jail officials, including Fulton County Sheriff Myron Freeman, have been tight-lipped. It goes on to say:
But a jail expert who is monitoring the jail under a court order confirmed that the federal investigators are looking into the March death of inmate Richard Glasco. “They want more information. They want to know everything about it,” Calvin Lightfoot said.
In the early 2000s, the jail was rife with allegations of abuse of inmates. At that time, the facility was under the “control” of then-Sheriff Jacquelyn Barrett. Current Sheriff Myron Freeman hasn’t exactly improved the jail’s image. Expect the plentiful spread of candidates challenging media-shy Freeman for the sheriff’s seat to jump all over this.
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