Jayshawn Boyd: A Controversial Figure Explained
1 / 20 2 / 20 3 / 20 4 / 20 5 / 20 6 / 20 7 / 20 8 / 20 9 / 20 10 / 20 11 / 20 12 / 20 13 / 20 14 / 20 15 / 20 16 / 20 17 / 20 18 / 20 19 / 20 20 / 20 ❮ ❯ 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 , a 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. 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 his. 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 on social media shows. Nearly six weeks after that attack, as Boyd regains consciousness from a coma at University Hospital, his family and dozens of protesters gathered at the county building to demand accountability from prison officials and the firing of the jail’s guards. The jail inmates who attacked Jayshawn Boyd in Essex County’s lockup on Sept. 23rd had no fear – not only of being caught, but of being interrupted. 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. 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. The attack lasted at least. 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. Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II announced that Superior Court Judge Ronald D. Wigler sentenced Essex County Jail inmate Byad Lockett to 20 years in state prison for attempting to murder inmate Jayshawn Boyd by brutally beating him with a microwave oven and other items. ...