The family of a Georgia inmate who died this summer after being found unresponsive inside his cell at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta is now accusing a sheriff of having “blood” on his hands over “medical neglect.”
Kimyotta Stinson, the sister of Montay Stinson – who passed away on July 31 – directed the remark to Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat on Tuesday as family attorney Kenneth Muhammed cited the 40-year-old’s cause of death as being “hypertensive cardiovascular disease.”
“My brother being in that cell should not have been his death wish. Not at all. My family and I want justice for my brother and I plan, and we intend to do just that,” Kimyotta Stinson said. “Sheriff, my brother’s blood is on your hands, it’s on your hands sir, it’s on your hands. And it is up to you to do your sworn duty sir and make this right.
“Too many men and women are dying at the hands of Fulton County Jail,” she added. “If that doesn’t speak to us as a whole then something is wrong.”
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The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond Wednesday to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
At least 10 people have died at the Fulton County Jail this year, according to Fox5 Atlanta. The Justice Department announced in July that it had launched an investigation into the conditions there.
Another inmate, Lashawn Thompson, was allegedly eaten alive by bugs in his Fulton County Jail cell while awaiting trial for a June 2022 misdemeanor simple battery charge, his family’s attorney said in April.
In Stinson’s case, the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said he was “found unresponsive in his cell on Monday, July 31, 2023, at approximately 11:45 p.m.” and that efforts to revive him by jail and medical personnel were “unsuccessful.”
“Stinson was found with no obvious signs of injury,” the sheriff’s office said. “Stinson was arrested by the…
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