Woman forced to give birth alone in jail cell, sues local authorities

In August 2018, Diana Sanchez was forced to deliver her son Jordan all alone in a jail cell.

At the time, the 26-year-old woman was an inmate at the Denver County Jail.

Her water had broken, and she’d been begging the medical staff and deputies for medical help — but she went through the harrowing birth without assistance.

In fact, no one even called for an ambulance until after Jordan was born!

Footage captured from inside Diana’s jail cell, showing her struggling and screaming in the stages of labor, went viral and left viewers horrified. Diana was shown lying on the hard cot inside her cell while writhing in pain.

In the weeks after Jordan’s birth, Diana spoke with the Fox31 Problem Solvers. “It was so inhumane how the medical team, the staff acted towards me. It’s like they didn’t care,” she said. “I felt helpless. Nobody was helping me. There was so many people and nobody lifted a finger, basically.”

Diana sued local authorities, and now there’s a new update to the story. The determined mother has been on a mission to receive justice for her and her son, and it looks like they’ll be getting that very soon.

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