DeKalb County Jail

I have been visiting my son who has been detained since November, 2008. I dread going there to see him behind glass, but I trust that God knows best. He has to pay for his offense, but that does not make it easier to bear. If anyone happens to read this and you are at the brink of getting into trouble, please consider the fact that you are affecting more than just yourself. It is heartbreaking to see all of the babies that have to brought to the jail to visit their parents. That is something no child should have to see.

On my visit to the Dekalb County Jail, I have experienced some awful things. I do understand that the jail is to be nothing fancy, so that people won't want to come back but when you visit, the areas should be clean. The restroom in the lobby area as soon as you enter the building, is always filthy and stink. When we go up to the 6NE the visitor’s side the floors are always disgusting and so are the phones. After going through this with my baby I asked the person that I was visiting, how are their situations and they stated that the restroom or toilet that they use in the "commons area", or wherever they are when they can't be in their room is so bad that urine has been all over the floor so long that gnats and flies were all over everything and that its in the same area where their food and juice is placed. I feel that even though people do things that aren't right they are still human and that if they come in healthy then they should leave health. Gnats and flies carry germs and I would hate for our loved ones to get sick from being bite by a gnat that already bite and infected person prior, because a facility was to lazy to maintain the building.

Thanks
An Anonymous writer

then perhaps the inmates should not urinate on the floor.