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Baby Dies Days After Prisoner Gives Birth in Isolation Cell at Texas Jail

Loaded on Feb. 5, 2019 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News February, 2019, page 59
Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Medical, OB/GYN, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice. Location: Texas.

by Matt Clarke

On May 17, 2018, baby Cashh arrived in the world, slipping out of his mother onto the floor of an isolation cell at the Ellis County Jail in Texas. Cashh survived only nine days following his traumatic and premature birth. [See: PLN, Oct. 2018, p.51]. ...

 

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