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Woman files lawsuit after giving birth alone in Denver jail cell
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:12 am
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:12 am
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A woman who gave birth alone in her jail cell in Denver is suing the city after deputies and nurses allegedly ignored her pleas for help during about five hours of labor. Clips of silent surveillance video released by her lawyer show Diana Sanchez eventually lying down on a narrow bed, crying out in pain, before she pulls off her pants and delivers a baby boy July 31, 2018.
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An absorbent pad is slid under her door for her to put on her bed about 45 minutes before she gave birth. After she gives birth, a nurse walks in and picks up the baby. "To characterize it as medical care is a joke," said Sanchez's lawyer, Mari Newman, who noted that the open toilet several feet away from where she gave birth was blacked out by the city in the video.
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The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday said that jail officials "cruelly chose convenience over compassion" by not calling for an ambulance after Sanchez's water broke and she was bleeding. It said a van was requested to take Sanchez, who was in a medical cell at the jail, to the hospital. But jail workers knew the ride likely wouldn't be available for hours until the morning booking process was finished, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit said that no nurse dried or warmed the baby or cleared mucus from his mouth for several minutes and that jail nurses did not have equipment to cut the baby's umbilical cord. It was not cut until firefighters arrived about 15 minutes after the baby was born. The Denver County Sheriff's Department said Thursday that it has since 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 are now authorized to call for an ambulance for someone in labor, department spokeswoman Daria Serna said. The jail's nurses are hired from Denver Health, the city's public hospital, and the sheriff's department said that Sanchez was in a medical unit under the care of nurses at the time she delivered. Denver Health declined to comment on a pending lawsuit but defended its work in the jail. "Denver Health provides high quality medical care to thousands of inmates every year," spokesman Simon Crittle said.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:13 am to GreyWhiskers
that kid has a chance.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:14 am to GreyWhiskers
She should have just aborted it and everybody would be happy
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:14 am to GreyWhiskers
9 months pregnant and in jail
Should just go ahead and take the kid away now
Should just go ahead and take the kid away now
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:15 am to GreyWhiskers
Unacceptable
Although I am curious what she is being incarcerated for, its irrelevant. Just flat out unacceptable.
Although I am curious what she is being incarcerated for, its irrelevant. Just flat out unacceptable.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:20 am to GreyWhiskers
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who noted that the open toilet several feet away from where she gave birth
Easy afterbirth cleanup!
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:20 am to GreyWhiskers
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An absorbent pad is slid under her door for her to put on her bed about 45 minutes before she gave birth.
Completely unacceptable if that was all they did. At a minimum they should have also boiled some water.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:22 am to GreyWhiskers
Dumb move by the jail. Why thought this was a good idea?
She's going to get paid.
She's going to get paid.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:25 am to GreyWhiskers
If this is true, she will be rich beyond her means. Broke again within 5 years, but still rich to start nonetheless.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:25 am to Displaced
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Easy afterbirth cleanup!
Was that funny in your head?
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:27 am to GreyWhiskers
That's pretty messed up if true
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:27 am to SuperSaint
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Although I am curious what she is being incarcerated for, its irrelevant. Just flat out unacceptable.
Identity theft, I believe. Now everybody knows her identity and her little bundle of joy, affectionately dubbed C-Block.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:34 am to GreyWhiskers
Just skimmed thru the law suit complaint. Filed in Federal court. Looks to me like Denver will be paying thru the nose on this one.
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:36 am to djangochained
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She getting paid
Her commissary visits finna be off the chain.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:55 am to GreyWhiskers
That’s really messed up.
I bet she does very little time, if any now, and she gonna get paid.
I bet she does very little time, if any now, and she gonna get paid.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 9:03 am to GreyWhiskers
So far we have a criminal's point of view.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 9:04 am to GreyWhiskers
Thankfully the baby has no idea what's going on.
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