Counselling given to prison guards, but not to inmate who loses baby

• Author: GADI ZAIG
• Published date: 28 September 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Realizing she was going to give birth, an incarcerated teenager, who was in prison for the first time for robbery, was pressing the cell bells and calling for help to have access to medical assistance as soon as possible. Her pleas were ignored, and she gave birth to the baby alone in a cell in September 2019 in Ashford, Surrey.

She reportedly passed out and then woke up to find her daughter not breathing.

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The teenager was found in bed cradling the dead baby for more than 12 hours after telling prison staff that she needed an ambulance, and the baby's death was only discovered by two prisoners who raised the alarm.

Those who ignored her cries for help are still reportedly working at the prison, according to The Guardian.

Prisons and probation ombudsman Sue McAllister said that the inmate had...