Pregnant inmates share harrowing stories of medical neglect and brutal mistreatment in US prisons and jails that threatens both them and their babiesLocked in a jail cell,Nicole Guerrero gave birth on a blood-covered mattress in the early hours of 12 June 2012.
Guerrero was eight-and-a half months pregnant when she arrived 10 days earlier at Texas’ Wichita County jail. The medical malpractice lawsuit Guerrero has filed – against the county, the jail’s healthcare contractor, or Correctional Healthcare Management,and one of the jail’s nurses, LaDonna Anderson – claims she began experiencing lower back pain, and cramps,heavy vaginal discharge and bleeding on 11 June. The nurse on duty told her there was no cause for concern until she had bled through two sanitary napkins. Several painful hours later, Guerrero pushed the medical emergency button in her cell.
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Source: theguardian.com