Gwinnett County Detention Center Inmate Died from Meningitis
Infection
May 2 2006
20 year-old Gwinnett County Detention Center inmate Zachary Harris,
who had been admitted 3 days before, was stricken dead with a
meningitis bacterium, forcing 175 of the Detention Center's inmates
to be administered immediate injections of antibiotic Rifampin.
In October of 2005, another inmate at the Detention Center, 43
year-old Harriet Washington, also died from contracting a disease,
which was classed as myeloid leukemia. Days before her death,
she had complained of symptoms but was ignored by Prison Health
Services staff, resulting in the firing of at least 4 health staff
employees. (The Atlanta Journal, 2 May 2006)
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