OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A pregnant Oklahoma County Jail inmate is apprehensive in regards to the well being of her unborn little one after allegedly sleeping in a cell stuffed with feces, black mould and mattress bugs.
“She stated there’s mould, black mould. She stated there’s feces in every single place, pee in every single place,” Braylen Smith advised Information 4.
That is what Smith’s girlfriend, Sherrite Locus, claims she’s been coping with inside her cell on the Oklahoma County Jail whereas 4 months pregnant.
“She stated the meals that she’s consuming up there’s horrible. She will’t digest it. She’s pregnant,” Smith stated.
Smith is worried in regards to the well being and well-being of their unborn little one.
“It’s a horrible atmosphere for her,” he stated.
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Communications Director for the Oklahoma County Jail, Jessica Brown, advised Information 4 after Locus complained about these situations, they moved her to a different cell.
“She believes there have been feces on the partitions. I went and checked myself. I can’t say if that’s feces or not. I don’t know,” Brown stated.
These are issues Information 4 has advised you about time and time once more.
A mattress bug infestation, black mould and inmates not being fed in a well timed method had been all confirmed by investigators with the State Division of Well being in an inspection report launched again in early March.
“A part of our downside is that we’re low staffed and so, we now have to make use of our workers the place they’re most wanted,” Brown stated.
That OSDH report got here with a 60-day deadline, which is up on the finish of Could, to enhance the situations contained in the jail or face a grievance filed with the Lawyer Basic or D.A.
Brown stated they’re forward of schedule.
“Among the areas that they thought, or beneficial we enhance, we had already began doing that,” stated Brown. “So, we’re already forward of the sport there. So we’re good now placing that report collectively and will probably be executed forward of time.”
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