Jazmin Valentine claims nurses ignored her cries for help for six hours. They said she was withdrawing from drugs and not in labor.
Jazmin Valentine is seen with her baby at a supermarket. Valentine filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday 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 in July 2021.A woman who said she was left to give birth to her baby alone on the dirty, concrete floor of her jail cell in Maryland filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging that jail nurses ignored her screams and pleas for help for six hours.
The nurses also ignored a concern raised by a jail deputy about Valentine but he did not contact any superiors, the lawsuit said. He discovered Valentine holding the baby girl in her cell about 15 minutes after she was born just after midnight on July 4, 2021 and an ambulance was called to take them to the hospital, according to the lawsuit.
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.
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