Fourteen Georgia inmates are uniting their allegations of medical mistreatment and abuse into a potential first-ever class-action claim to be heard in a superior rather than federal courtroom. A 77-page amendment by 13 inmates has been joined with that of a convicted child molester's complaint that guards at the county jail have been abusing prisoners. The allegations paint a grotesque picture of mentally ill and sick inmates being mistreated or ignored.
September 08, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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ATLANTA– Fourteen DeKalb County Jail inmates are uniting theirallegations of medical mistreatment and abuse into a potentialfirst-ever class-action claim to be heard in a superior rather thanfederal courtroom.
A77-page amendment by 13 inmates has been joined with that of aconvicted child molester’s complaint that guards at the county jail havebeen mistreating and abusing prisoners, says their lawyer, Robert L.McGlasson of Decatur.
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