The Brief
- A former Fulton County Jail inmate claims he lost most of his fingers and both legs to sepsis after staffers refused to give him medicine.
- Civil rights attorney Ben Crump plans to file a lawsuit, calling the treatment of the 34-year-old man a violation of the U.S. Constitution.
- The sheriff’s office says the man was already sick when he arrived and was only in their care for 11 days of his nearly six-month custody.
ATLANTA – A former inmate at the Fulton County Jail alleges gross neglect by medical staffers led to the amputation of his legs and most of his fingers.
Former inmate alleges medical neglect
What we know:
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump says his client, 34-year-old Mohammed, suffered from sepsis because jail staffers ignored his pleas for help. Mohammed says he begged workers in the medical unit for antibiotics to treat a bladder condition, but he was ignored for days. While in custody, Mohammed says he was throwing up and unable to get up, but “nobody’s coming” to check on him.
According to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, Rashaad Mohammed was in custody for 177 days, but he was only in the jail’s medical unit for 11 of those days. The sheriff’s office also stated that Mohammed was already ill when he arrived at the facility. Crump, who previously represented the family of LaShawn Thompson, says the jail is not being run differently after Thompson’s death and plans to file a lawsuit.…