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Jessica L. Adler, Associate Professor of History, Florida International University

We studied jail conditions and jail deaths − here's what we found

Since Jan. 1, 2023, 10 inmates have died at Fulton County Jail. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The family of Samuel Lawrence, one of 10 people to die in Georgia’s Fulton County Jail in 2023, is fighting for answers and accountability.

“I got to think about him every day of my life and I don’t know when the pain stops,” Lawrence’s father, Frank Richardson, told a local TV station in October 2023. “I pray to God that he touches that jail and puts people in place to help the other ones that are left behind.”

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