Jayshawn Boyd's Shocking Past: The Story He Doesn't Want You To Know

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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. He is pictured with. Jayshawn Boyd , a 22-year-old with schizophrenia, faced a harrowing experience at the Essex County jail in Newark. Attacked by fellow detainees in a brutal incident caught on video, he now lies in a coma, the aftermath of a shocking assault that lasted over two minutes. 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. The jury found Lockett. In a devastating turn of events, Jayshawn Boyd , the young man who faced a brutal assault at Essex County jail in September 2021, has succumbed to the lasting effects of the grievous attack, ultimately losing his life. NEWARK, NJ — It was about two years ago that Jayshawn Boyd was nearly beaten to death while in the custody of the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark. Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II announced today that two Essex County jail inmates were convicted of attempted murder for brutally beating Jayshawn Boyd with a microwave oven and other items. A third inmate was found guilty of attacking Boyd with additional weapons. Seven inmates attacked Jayshawn Boyd at the Essex County jail in Newark, beating him unconscious by punching him in the face and stomping on his head, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Jayshawn Boyd , 22, was attacked inside a New Jersey jail in a beating caught on video. Then another detainee was killed, leading to multiple inquiries. 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 fellow detainees in the Essex County Correctional Facility (ECCF) gang unit, who knocked him to the floor and stomped on his head, beating him with fists, a broom, a microwave oven.