Jayshawn Boyd: The Impact He's Having on America

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A jury found Byad Lockett and Darryl Watson guilty in the Sept. 2021 Essex County jail attack against then 21-year-old Jayshawn Boyd , prosecutors announced Wednesday. In a devastating turn of events, Jayshawn Boyd , a young man who faced a brutal assault at Essex County jail in September 2021, has succumbed to the lasting effects of the. Jayshawn Boyd , 22, woke up from a coma nearly three months after he was brutally beaten by seven inmates in the ‘gang unit’ in the Essex County Correctional Facility. Byad Lockett, 22, of Newark, took part in the near-fatal beating of Jayshawn Boyd while being held in the jail in September 2021, along with six other assailants. On September 23, 2021 , seven inmates attacked 22-year-old Jayshawn Boyd in a common area in Building 3 of the correctional facility. The men punched Boyd in the face and. Over the last month, we have learned about the horrific beating of Jayshawn Boyd and the killing of Dan Gelin at the Essex County Correctional Facility (ECCF). Surveillance video of the incident on September 23, 2021, shows 22-year-old Jayshawn Boyd was relentlessly attacked for two minutes and 23 second by a group of seven. Protesters rallied in Newark on Dec. 8 to support Jayshawn Boyd , a 22-year-old Elizabeth man with schizophrenia who was beaten in the Essex County jail in September. Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II announced today that Superior Court Judge Ronald D. Wigler sentenced Essex County Jail inmate Darryl. Jayshawn Boyd , 22, who is schizophrenic, was placed in a gang unit in September after missing a hearing for incidents with his family at home. Surveillance video posted. Boyd – who has schizophrenia – was reportedly never put in general population before the day of the beating. He was left with permanent brain damage after the assault.