professionals at the time she gave birth. to make sure this doesn t happen again, the denver sheriffs department changed policies to ensure that pregnant inmates in any stage of labor are transported immediately to the hospital. it also said that after this incident an internal investigation was done which found that deputies took appropriate actions, given the circumstances, and that they followed protocols. now denver health, which employs the nurses at the jail would not comment on this incident given the pending litigation. but said that their number one priority was ensuring that inmates receive adequate care. scott, thank you. mar y fumen you saw her with scott. is diana a sanchez s attorney. some of the details in the lawsuit absolutely floored me. your client was nine days away from her due date, had multiple factors contributing to a high risk pregnancy. but when she obviously went into labor they said it was inconvenient to take her to the hospital because they were in
held on identity theft charges had to deliver her own baby behind bars in the denver jail. she was alone and in agony, despite crying for help for more than five hours. now just over a year later, diana sanchez filed a federal lawsuit. cnn s scott mcclain has more on the story. it seems there was no shortage of time for jail staff to get her to the hospital. according to the lawsuit sanchez was brought breakfast around 5:00 in the morning that s when she informed the guards she was having contractions. at this stage she was ten days from the official due date. by 9:th 43 in the morning you can see in the closed circuit video she is knocking on the door trying to get somebody s attention because according to the lawsuit her water had broken. relief though comes only in the form of a folded white pad slipped under the door that she puts on the bed. she pulse pants down to the
knees and lies on top of it. about an half hour later you can see she is wrighting clearly in pain. at 10:444 in the morning gives birth. almost six hours after she says she told guards snefs in labor. the lawsuit claims the guards called for a non-ee mentoring van to take her to the hospital but that an ambulance wasn t called until after she gave birth. i spoke with sanchez s lawyer this week. and our local affiliate spoke with sanchez herself last year. listen. that pain was just undescribable. and what hurts me more, though, is the fact that nobody cared. i cannot fathom any legitimate explanation for not providing her with adequate medical care and taking her directly to the hospital where she belonged. the denver sheriffs department which operates the jail said in passport said she was in the medical unit and under the care of denver health