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SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. - The Reverend Al Sharpton is coming to Memphis Tuesday to give the eulogy for Ramon McGhee, a Shelby County Jail inmate who died after "severe neglect" and "severe body insect infestations", according to his preliminary autopsy.

McGhee's family told FOX13 that the 42-year-old was covered in lice and bed burgs when he arrived at a hospital on January 12, 2024, two days after he was found unresponsive at 201 Poplar.

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Rev. Sharpton will deliver McGhee's eulogy at his memorial service at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church on Tuesday, March 5 at noon.

Gershun Freeman, Deion Byrd and Marcus Donald, other Shelby County Jail inmates who died, will be eulogized alongside McGhee, according to the office of attorney Ben Crump who represents McGhee's family.

Families of all the inmates are expected to be in attendance alongside Crump and Rev. Sharpton.

Two deputy jailers were charged with murder after video was released showing a lengthy physical altercation between Freeman and several jailers at 201 Poplar.

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Deion Byrd died after being stabbed by another inmate outside of a courtroom at 201 Poplar, according to investigators.

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Marcus Donald had recently had his case dismissed and was waiting to be released when he was placed in a cell with Stephen Robinson. Robinson strangled Donald to death and pled guilty to his murder in November of 2023.

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According to McGhee's preliminary autopsy, the 42-year-old suffered from "a multitude of ailments" due to neglect, including severe anemia, kidney disease and organ failure/severe sepsis.

Crump called the preliminary autopsy findings "evidence of the abuse and intolerable treatment constantly experienced by inmates."

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office released a statement following McGhee's death, calling it "unacceptable" and saying that corrective measures have been put in place.

"The jail struggles daily with mentally ill residents, particularly those who refuse medication and treatment for medical issues. Some of them, unfortunately, use their bodily waste to stain their cell walls and floors. Their cells are cleaned daily and multiple time a day, if needed. These cell conditions are not commonplace in the jail. Many of our mentally ill residents belong in treatment facilities, not this jail," the sheriff's office said, in part.

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