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| Inmates file suit over TB reports |
| By The Times Daily |
| Published: 11/03/2003 |
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A group of Sheffield, Ala. Jail inmates has filed a lawsuit against the city's police department in the wake of reports that a trusty was infected with tuberculosis. Sheffield Police Chief Doug Aycock, however, told the TimesDaily on Oct. 8 that the man tested negative for the disease. The suit was filed in Colbert County Circuit Court on Oct. 22. The Colbert County Sheriff's Office was also named as a defendant in the suit. Fourteen inmates were listed as plaintiffs in the case, but only 12 signed the suit. In the suit, the inmates claim that they were told an inmate chosen to be a trusty was infected with tuberculosis. Before his transfer to the Sheffield Jail, the man was an inmate and trusty in the Colbert County Jail, according to the suit. The inmates claim that the man was sent to Lauderdale County for a tuberculosis test, which came back positive. Aycock told the TimesDaily that a trusty reportedly infected with tuberculosis had been given a clean bill of health by the Colbert County Health Department. Aycock could not be reached for further comment last Wednesday, but Sheffield Police Capt. Kirk Jones said he had not seen the lawsuit. Jones said the health department indicated that the inmate in question does not have tuberculosis. The inmates who filed the lawsuit have asked to be tested to see if they are infected with the disease. They have also asked for $50,000 each in compensation for the "negligent acts" they have been "forced to endure." Jones said there are no plans to test inmates in the Sheffield Jail. Colbert County Sheriff Ronnie May also said he had not been served with the suit. He said he was not aware of any inmates in his jail being diagnosed with tuberculosis. |
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