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May 30, 2014

Texas Prisoner Says She Gave Birth in Solitary, Baby Died 
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A Texas prisoner has filed a lawsuit against Wichita County, saying her
baby died after she was forced to give birth in solitary confinement
without medical care. Nicole Guerrero went into labor while being held
on a drug possession charge in 2012. She says a nurse ignored her pleas
for help and did not attempt to revive her baby after she was born with
the umblical cord wrapped around her neck. According to the Wichita
Times Record, the nurse's license expired months before the incident.

 

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