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Posted: 2023-08-17T01:08:34Z | Updated: 2023-08-20T18:10:21Z

When former President Donald Trump and 18 others appear to be arraigned on the charges listed Monday in the Georgia indictment over election interference, they are expected to be booked at a notoriously filthy and grim Atlanta jail that the Justice Department has been investigating.

Though Trump and his alleged accomplices were indicted on significant charges related to the 2020 presidential vote count in the state, its extremely unlikely that they will spend substantial time at the jail beyond the booking process. However, thats not the case for many other individuals who have been subject to the jails harsh conditions, even pretrial.

The jail has seen at least 60 deaths from 2009 to October 2022, The Atlanta Constitution-Journal reported .

This year, at least six inmates have died while serving time at the jail. Three of them 40-year-old Montay Stinson, 34-year-old Christopher Smith and 66-year-old Alexander Hawkins died this month.

Stinson was found in his cell unresponsive with no obvious signs of injury on Aug. 2, according to the Fulton County Sheriffs Office.

Smith, who had been held without bond since October 2019, died on Aug. 12 after being found unresponsive in his cell, The Associated Press reported .

Most recently, Hawkins was also found unresponsive in his cell on Aug. 17, Fulton County Sheriffs Office told HuffPost in an emailed statement.

The Justice Department is investigating whether the conditions at the jail violate the U.S. Constitution, according to a news release in July.

The Justice Department pointed to the death of 35-year-old Lashawn Thompson in September 2022. Thompson died in a cell that was not fit for a diseased animal, according to his attorney . His body was covered in bedbugs, and an independent autopsy found that he died due to severe neglect.

Those circumstances were far from isolated, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke said during a July news conference . Following Mr. Thompsons death, evidence emerged that the mental health unit where he died was infested with insects and that the majority of people living in that unit were malnourished and not receiving basic care.

Clarke added that nearly 90% of the jails inhabitants were Black, making this a racial justice issue.

The recent allegations of filthy housing teeming with insects, rampant violence resulting in death and injuries, and officers using excessive force are cause for grave concern and warrant a thorough investigation, U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan for the Northern District of Georgia said in the July news release.

In April, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat took WAGA-TV in Atlanta on a tour of the poor conditions at the jail. Labat believes that only a replacement jail can fix the issues at hand.

The overpopulated facility has several blocked-off floors due to flooding and human waste from toilets that overflowed and pipes that burst, the Fox TV affiliate reported. Some of the incarcerated people were captured on WAGA footage lying on plastic trays that were serving as beds.

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Trump and the other defendants listed in Mondays 98-page indictment including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark have been given until Aug. 25 to surrender at the jail but can also make the trip anytime before that date.

The indictment accuses the defendants of interfering with the 2020 presidential election in an effort to keep Trump in office despite his election loss to Joe Biden. It alleges 161 criminal acts and lists 41 separate counts.

It doesnt matter your status, Labat said to reporters last week . We have a mugshot ready for you.

The Fulton County Sheriffs Office did not immediately respond to HuffPosts request for comment.