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MOIBLE, Ala. (WALA) â A Mobile County Metro Jail inmate, acting as his own lawyer and witness on Thursday, described a âdeath trapâ of overcrowded conditions, COVID-19 dangers and indifferent staff.
Tracy Besselaar, who has been jailed for more than three years while he waits to be transferred to a state prison, filed a lawsuit along with two other inmates in August against Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran and several jail officials.
Mobile County Circuit Judge Jill Phillips denied a request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, ruling the plaintiffs had not met the legal burden for doing so. But she said the lawsuit, itself, can continue.