Baby died after staff ignored labor, inmate says

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Source: Milwaukee-Journal Sentinal






Baby died after staff ignored labor, inmate says
Jacob Carpenter , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 9:50 p.m. CST November 16, 2016

Milwaukee County Jail

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A former inmate at the Milwaukee County Jail says a corrections officer laughed off her request for medical help as she went into labor, contributing to her newborn's death in a jail cell in July.

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Swayzer's lawyer, Jason Jankowski, wrote in the notice of claim that Swayzer told a corrections officer her water broke and she was going into labor, but the officer laughed and ignored her. Swayzer said she told the officer that she was going into labor around midnight, gave birth at about 4 a.m., and finally received attention from officers at 6 a.m. Her child was pronounced dead later that day, although it's unclear at what time.

In a statement issued days after the baby's death, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said Swayzer never told jail staff she was going into labor. The company responsible for medical care at the jail said previously that Swayzer's child was stillborn. However, Swayzer says her child was "born alive, cried profusely and was breastfed.".................

Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2016/11/16/inmate-baby-died-after-staff-ignored-her-labor/93988574/

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I posted this tweet in WI group--then I found the above article.





TWEET:


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Four people have died at the Milwaukee County Jail since April. Donald Trump is considering @SheriffClarke to lead Homeland Security.



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*******An editorial is included in the article link in OP:



EDITORIAL: What’s happening in the jails?

[Dustlawyer]

1. So let me get this straight, she didn't tell them she was going into labor?

How is it that they didn't hear her scream or yell? What were the other prisoners in her cell block saying during all of this. They want us to believe that a woman can give birth in their jail and no guards would know? How incompetent do they wish us to think of them?

[angstlessk]

2. And an autopsy can tell if a baby took its first breath. n/t

[2naSalit]

3. That's only if one were conducted at all.......nt

[riversedge]

5. "An autopsy has been conducted on Swayzer's child, but the results have not been released."

From the articlel

[2naSalit]

8. Thanks...

I confess to not reading the article

That being said, it's Illinois, not surprised.

[Jimbo S]

10. Milwaukee County jail

[2naSalit]

11. Ooops!

Just as bad as Cook County in my reckoning, I'm still not surprised as most cities along the Lake-shore are about the same.

[Sunlei]

9. American prisoners are at the mercy of their guard. Many suffer with all kinds of sickness that

goes untreated. People always scream, cry and yell, guards ignore them or worse are outright cruel.

[Mc Mike]

4. dRumpf's favorite cop. rec, nt.

[riversedge]

6. Clarke is much to busy speaking at RNC and Fox news than doing his job at the jail.

[Mc Mike]

7. Must have priorities.