Dickens and Council Enabled by the New Jail Lease

Before the lease went into effect, ACDC's average population was under 50 individuals per night. The city is still going to lose money running this jail even with Fulton County paying for their detainees to stay there. LaShawn Thompson died in Rice Street jail, having been neglected and ignored by Fulton County deputies. When they finally checked on Thompson, they found that he had been eaten alive by bugs as he laid dying. There was no reason for Thompson to be in jail at the time of his death. If he had the money, he probably would have been alive today.