The Guardian reports on Saturday about a shocking incident from 2019, concerning a birth in Bronzefield prison in the UK in Ashford.
The British newspaper has been given access to records from the prison and probation officer, who say that an 18-year-old woman was not offered grief support after losing her baby.
The teenager is said to have undergone the birth alone in the prison cell on September 26, two years ago. She must have fainted during the birth, and when she woke up the baby was dead.
It must have taken twelve hours from the birth was underway, until she received assistance from the guards in Bronzefield.
In retrospect, the guards who failed to help her are said to have been offered grief support, but it was not offered to the grieving 18-year-old.
– Attempted buried
According to The Guardian, the details have been tried to be buried in a report from prison, which was published last week. It describes how the teenager was found in bed, rocking her dead baby in her arms.
It further states that it took more than twelve hours from when she first tried to contact the staff of the privately owned prison, until she received assistance. During the birth, she is said to have asked for help three times, without anyone doing anything.
It also appears that the guards, who are said to have ignored her request, are still working in the prison.
The woman who lost her newborn baby was in prison for the first time. She was remanded in custody, charged with robbery.
