An inmate tunneled through a wall at the Fulton County Jail, in an attempt to harm a man in a neighboring cell, the Sheriff’s Office says.

According to authorities, Kavian Thomas dug a hole through a shower wall made of concrete and metal to reach a nearby cell block and stab fellow inmate Derondney Russell.

Russell sustained non-life-threatening injuries to his upper body before being taken to the medical unit for treatment.

Deputies have not specified what Thomas and Russell were charged with before the attack.

After Thomas’ attack on Russell, deputies at the jail searched both cell blocks, where they found “several weapons, including shanks made from parts of the dilapidated building infrastructure.”

Interim Fulton County Jail commander, Curtis Clark, said the Rice Street facility’s “dangerous conditions...presents a constant challenge for us to eliminate things like this from access to the inmates.”

“We found shanks that were made from parts of the building,” Clark told Winne, adding that the issues at the jail have made him lose “so much sleep since being assigned to run this location or this facility, it’s really … it’s difficult to talk about.”

Criminal charges against Thomas for the attack are still pending.

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