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Family wants federal investigation after man's death in jail

Photos of filthy cell and of deceased man's face and body covered in bedbugs spark outrage

Lashawn Thompson is shown in this undated family photo. Thompson died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing, and his family is calling for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the facility. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Lashawn Thompson — Lashawn Thompson is shown in this undated family photo. Thompson died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing, and his family is calling for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the facility. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

ATLANTA — The family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail's psychiatric wing is calling for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the facility.

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