Jayshawn Boyd: A Biography You Have to Read

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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. 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 and. 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 stomped on his head. 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. 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. An Essex County inmate has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempted murder in the jailhouse, officials said. Darryl Watson received the sentence for the beating of fellow inmate. Essex County officials reported today that two Essex County jail inmates were convicted of attempted murder for brutally beating Jayshawn Boyd with a microwave oven and other items. Officials say a third inmate was found guilty of attacking Boyd with additional weapons. Boyd , 22, suffered a traumatic brain injury from the September 2021 attack. On September 23, 2021, Essex County jail inmate, 22-year-old Jayshawn Boyd , was brutally beaten by seven other inmates in the common area. The seven-to-one attack led to Boyd being knocked unconscious from repeated punches and feet stomping to his head. 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.