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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Lawsuit says woman gave birth alone on Maryland jail floor

Deatrie Young

A Maryland mother has filed a lawsuit alleging she was forced to give birth in a jail cell after her pleas for medical attention were ignored by staff.

Jazmin Valentine is suing Washington County, PrimeCare Medical, five nurses employed by the county and three jail staff members for the traumatic incident on 4 July 2021. In the suit filed Tuesday, Ms Valentine argues that nurses laughed at her and said she was going through drug withdrawals when she alerted them she was in labour, The Baltimore Sun first reported.

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