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| Report: Mentally Ill Inmate Gouged Out Eyes |
| By AP |
| Published: 07/23/2002 |
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A recent report revealed that a mentally ill man who was jailed in April after wandering into traffic in Hazelhurst, Ga., and knocking on doors late at night gouged his eyes out in his cell.. Jailers discovered 49-year-old Alvin Kent Smith in his cell with his eyes plucked out April 4, Sheriff Jimmy Boatright said. Doctors saved one eye, but it is unlikely Smith will regain his sight. Smith's family thought he was attacked by his cellmate, but a Georgia Bureau of Investigation report concluded Smith's injuries were self-inflicted. Smith had no injuries to his eyelids or face, which almost certainly would have occurred if someone attacked him, Boatright said. Also, there was no trace of Smith's blood or tissue under his cellmate's fingernails. Smith would not tell investigators how he lost his eyes. 'The only thing he said was that somebody put ink in his head and it was clouding up his thinking,' Boatright said. Smith was picked up late April 3 after several people reported he was walking in traffic and knocking on people's doors. Boatright said no charges were filed because the department knew of Smith's mental illness. The sheriff said that before he could decide whether Smith should be hospitalized, he plucked his eyes out. |
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