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What a Web We Weave.
A Georgia inmate is suing the prison where she is
serving a sentence for burglary and aggravated assault because she says
the facility is infested with spiders.
Marcia Wall's lawsuit, filed in federal court in Atlanta, says she and
other inmates at the Washington State Prison in Davisboro have been bitten
repeatedly by spiders and that they have been denied them proper
treatment.
"They live here with us," Wall said. "We've got to share this place with
them. But it's getting crazy."
A Department of Corrections spokeswoman, who would not comment on
the lawsuit, said the 1,000-bed prison is fumigated once a month by a pest
control company.
"We don't want anyone to get bit by spiders," the spokeswoman said. "We're
responsible for their health as well as their well-being. Any time they
let us know, we try to correct the problem that is happening."
Wall's lawyer, McNeill Stokes, said inmates have sent him envelopes filled
with dead spiders as proof of the infestation.
Wall and other inmates want prison officials to seal faulty window
screens, clean up webs around the prison grounds and take their medical
claims seriously.
Sources: FindLaw.com, Associated Press, "Inmate Sues
Prison Over Spiders," Sept. 10, 2003.
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