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Woman who gave birth alone on floor of a Maryland jail says her screams were ignored by staff
Summary by Ground News
Jazmin Valentine says she was left to give birth to her baby alone on the dirty, concrete floor of her jail cell in Maryland. The lawsuit alleges that jail nurses ignored her screams and pleas for help for six hours. Valentine claims she punched the walls of her solitary confinement cell, which did not have blankets or sheets. The lawsuit says her baby developed a type of staph bacteria infection that is resistant to many antibiotics.