In a federal filing, 10 women claim they suffered seizures due to the stifling heat in a facility once described as “a wood-fired pizza oven.” They say they were also forced to stand in raw sewage because of plumbing problems and were not given basic needs, like underwear or menstrual products.

Ten female detainees at the Ray County, Missouri, jail say they faced dangerous conditions, including being forced to stand in raw sewage and suffering seizures from the stifling heat at the windowless facility that has no air conditioning.

In a federal court filing Monday, the women seek testimony from two former county commissioners who they said were well aware of the problems and did nothing about it. Two independent inspections in 2021 found the jail to be “a death trap” described as “a wood-

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