After 7 hours without assistance, prey gave birth in an isolation cell – 06/05/2019

A prisoner suffering from mental disorders was obliged to give birth alone in an isolation cell without drugs or medical badistance in a prison in Florida (USA), reports the Miami Herald, quoting the detainee 's lawyer.

Tammy Jackson was found in his cell with the newborn son April 10 at 10 am, although he had contractions since 3 am and informed the prison employees. Instead of taking him to the hospital, the staff called the doctor on duty, who said that I would examine her when she would have arrived at the hospital.

In a letter to the Sheriff of Broward County, Tony Gregory, defense attorney, defense attorney Howard Finkelstein, expressed outrage after his pregnant client she was left alone in a cell for almost seven hours, even though she asked for help.

According to Finkelstein, the employees knew that Jackson was in an advanced stage of pregnancy when she was arrested in March. accused of possession of cocaine.

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Now, the woman is in the hospital, said Gordon Weekes, deputy attorney, without giving details about the baby's condition.

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"It is inconceivable that a woman, especially a woman with a mental illness, is left in her cell to give birth to her baby," Finklestein wrote, adding that it remained to be seen how this neglect serious staff would affect Jackson's fragile mental health.

The office of the Sheriff of Broward opened an investigation into the case.

Source: RT.

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