LaShawn Thompson was found dead in his cell in an Atlanta jail with more than a thousand insect bites all over his body.
His body was discovered in a filthy jail cell in September, ignored by medical staff and eaten by insects and bugs.
The United States holds the most prisoners in the world. Many of the thousands of prisons, jails and correctional facilities around the country are in deplorable and inhumane conditions.
Millions of Americans are held in these facilities with little hope of staying out after being released, since most find their way back to prison one way or another.