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YEAR IN
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PASS JDMN,W WANT TO
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THIS WA ORIGINAL.
>> Reporte: THERARE A FEW
THINGS WE TRAUEMORE THAN A
BABY.
BABY.
BABY. FEW
BABY. FEW LOSSS ARE MORE
HEARTBREAKING.
HEARTBREAKING. THIS WOMAN MOURNED THE SUN SHE
NAMED CASH.
NAMED CASH. CASH JUST LIVED NINE
MAY
MAY ITSTARTER SHEA GAVE BIRTH ON THE FLOOR OF A JAIL
CELL.
CELL.
CELL. SHE
CELL. SHE TALKED TO US FROM JAIL THE
VERY NEXT DAY.
>> I DELIVERED A 1 LB.
2 OZ.
2 OZ.
2 OZ. BABY IN THAT CELL, SCREAMING
FOR HOURS AM I BEGGING THEM TO
COME HELP ME.
>> Reporter: WHEN SHE GAVE
BIRTH SHE HAD ONLY BEEN IN JAIL
FOR MORE THAN TWO M+@ONTHS ON A
DRUG CHARGE.
DRUG CHARGE. SHE IS AN ADMITTED DRUG ADDICT.
AT THE TIME OF HER ARREST SHE
WAS PREGNANT AND H+@IDING DRUGS
IN HER BODY.
THE QUESTION NOW, DID THE ELLIS
COUNTY JAIL DO ALL IT COULD TO
PROTECT HER UNBORN CHILD?
ANOTHER INMATE, SARAH MALECKI
WAS LISTENING TO IT ALL.
BEAR HAD
SPENMO
SPENMO THAN 60 DAYS IN JAIL WHEN SHE GAVE BIRTH MAY 17.
EARLY THAT MORNING A JAIL
DOCTOR EXAMINED HER.
BUT HE TOLD HER S+@HE WASN'T IN
LABOR.
LABOR.
LABOR. THAT SAME AFTERNOON, BAER WENT
TO COURT, THE TRANSCRIPT SHOWS
WHAT SHE TOLD THE JUDGE, HAVING
CONTRACTIONS EVERY FIVE MINUTES
APART ALL NIGHT.
SHE ASKED THEM TO TAKE HER TO
THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND THE
JUDGE TOLD HER THEY WILL TAKE
YOU BACK TO THE JAIL AND HAVE
THE DOCTOR LOOK AT YOU.
GUARDS TOOK HER BACK BUT SHE
SAYS THEY DIDN'T LET HER SEE A
DOCTOR AS THE JUDGE HAD
ORDERED.
ORDERED.
ORDERED. HOURS LATER SHE GAVE BIRTH
ALONE IN A CELL.>> SHE WAS
SCREAMING BODY MURDER.
I'M SURE THEY COULD HEAR IT ALL
AWAY DOWN IN CENTRAL.>>
Reporter: THIS INMATE ALSO
HEARD IT ALL.
>> THEY DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
>> Reporter: THIS INMATE IS
ALSO PREGNANT.
ALSO PREGNANT. SHE SAYS SHE WAS NEVER SEEN BY
A DOCTOR.
A DOCTOR.
A DOCTOR. >> MEDICAL DOESN'T DO ANYTHING,
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE AN OBG --
OB/GYN FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.
>> Reporter: DESPERATE
VOICEMAILS COME IN DAILY TO
WHAT IS CALLED THE TEXAS JAIL +@
PROJECT.
PROJECT.
PROJECT. A NONPROFIT THAT MONITORS TEXAS
COUNTY JAILS.
COUNTY JAILS. SHE HAS RECEIVED AT LEAST THREE
COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ELLIS
COUNTY JAIL ALL INVOLVING
REGNANT INMATES.
REGNANT INMATES. >> HER ACCOUNT IS VERY
BELIEVAB+@LE.
BELIEVAB+@LE. >> Reporter: TESTIMONY+@ FROM A
FORMER INMATE AT THE ELLIS
COUNTY JAIL HELPED PASS A STATE
LAW IN 2009 AS A WOMAN
DESCRIBED BEING PREGNANT AND
NOT GETT+@G COPPER C+@ARE.>> I
WAS SO UPSET THAT TH+@E JAIL PU
ME ON SUICIDE WATCH.
>> Reporter: NOW ALL COUNTY
JAILS EDTOHAVE A POLICY ON
FILE FORHADIGPREGNAT
FILE FORHADIGPREGNAT PRISONERS.
PRISONERS. UP ULTE,NOTHING
THATLLF
THATLLF TU OJAILS TO DEVISETEROWN STANDARDS.
DEVISETEROWN STANDARDS. TO THIS DAY, COUNYJAL ARE
NOT+@ REQURDT MAKE SURE
REGNAN NAE SE+@ AN OB/GYN.
>> THIS MAKES IT OPEN TO ABUSE
AND VERYCHEAP MEDIC+@LCR.
>> Rre:TOYEARS AGO
ELLIS ONYSJAIL
ELLIS ONYSJAIL ADMITAO ODTESTE
ADMITAO ODTESTE +@JAIL COMISO THAT PARTNERS
-- PREGNATPRISONERS AE
ALWAI H INFIRMARYAND NOT
LEFT AOE
LEFT AOE
LEFT AOE SHEA BEA GAVE BIRTH IN A JAIL
ZONE -- CELL ALL ALONE.
THE DAY AFTER THE BIRTH, THE+@
DIRECTOR SUPPORTED HIS JAIL
STAFF.
STAFF.
STAFF. HE
STAFF. HE CLAIMED THERE WA NO FAULT
BY THE ELLIS COUNTY JAIL
+@
BEARBA
BEARBA WAS BORN SEVERELY PREMATURE.
PREMATURE. AND ONLY LIVED NINE DAYS.
WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT WOULD
HAVE HAPPENED IF THE JAIL HAD
+@JUST HEEDED HE+@R PLEASE.
-- PLEASE.
-- PLEASE. PLEAS
PLEAS
PLEAS >>>
PLEAS >>> THE TEXAS RANGERS ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING THIS CASE AND THE
GROUP THE TEXAS JAIL PROJECT IS
NOW WORKING