DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb County jail officials say they have launched a full investigation after a former inmate came forward with explosive claims about the final hours of 59-year-old Rodney Garrick Sr., who died just two days after being booked on low-level charges.

What we know:

Former inmate Arctavus Scales says Garrick repeatedly begged guards for his medication and later water but was ignored until he was found unresponsive.

"It’s like they don’t care. They treat you like you are just nothing in there," Scales said.

Scales says Garrick told him he needed his blood thinners and asked for them multiple times.

"He was always telling them, I need to get my medicine. I need to get my medicine. I’m gonna have to have my medicine," Scales said.

He says Garrick also complained a

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