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An inmate at the Duchesne County Jail flushed paper down the toilet, causing sewage to back up into the jail cells
| by Travis Uresk | May 13th, 2026 | Duchesne, Utah (5/10/26)—At the Duchesne County Jail, 36-year-old Sean Davion Souza intentionally flooded the H-Block housing of the jail by tearing up jail-issued books and other paper materials and flushing them into the sewer system, causing the main sewer line to H-Block to become obstructed. After creating the blockage, Souza repeatedly flushed the toilet in his cell, causing sewage, urine, feces, and contaminated water to backflow th
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