A woman who said she was left to give birth to her baby alone on the dirty floor of her jail cell in Maryland last year is suing, alleging that jail nurses ignored her screams and pleas for help for six hours. maryland us prison us kprc2
This undated photo provided by Deatrie Young shows Jazmin Valentine and her baby at a supermarket. Valentine filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, alleging that nurses and staff at the Washington County jail in Maryland ignored her screams and plea for help as she gave birth to her daughter there in July 2021.
Valentine claims she punched the walls of her solitary confinement cell, which did not have blankets or sheets, during her most painful contractions and removed what she believed was her baby's amniotic sac and slid it under her cell door to prove she was about to have a baby. Because of the unsanitary conditions in the cell, the baby developed a type of staph bacteria infection that is resistant to many antibiotics, the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit alleges that Washington County, Maryland, its sheriff department and sheriff, as well as nurses and deputies at the jail violated Valentine's rights under state law and the Constitution. Following Sanchez's delivery, the Denver County Sheriff's Department, which runs the jail, said it changed its policy to ensure that pregnant inmates who are in any stage of labor are immediately taken to the hospital. Previously, decisions about whether to move a pregnant inmate were left to jail nurses but deputies were authorized to call for an ambulance for someone in labor.
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