Florida mom says newborn died after officers ignored her during jail delivery
A Florida mother lost her newborn daughter after she was forced to deliver inside of a jail cell. 25-year-old Erica Thompson was at the Alachua County Jail in Gainesville when she went into labor, CBS 4 reports. Thompson says she told the nurse that she was having contractions but she says she was ignored.
“When I said that, I felt like all bets were off, everybody needs to be coming in here trying to check on me and see what’s going on. I’ve had kids before, so I know exactly how it feels. I’m about to have my baby, I’m not just talking” she said.
Thompson had been arrested for two active warrant charges of a felony violation of probation and failure to appear on a traffic charge, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said Aug. 9. The mother says she gave birth to her daughter at 11 p.m. on Monday while alone inside a jail cell.
Thompson explained how her cries for help were ignored for hours until after her child was born in a Facebook post. She was taken to UF Shands Hospital, where her newborn daughter, Ava, passed away.
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