TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 14, 2024

A Kentucky woman, Alyssia Moulton, is suing Southern Health Partners, the medical provider for a lockup facility in Montgomery County after she was forced to give birth alone on a toilet while in solitary confinement during pretrial detention. According to Law & Crime, the federal lawsuit alleges that Southern Health Partners exhibited deliberate indifference to Moulton's medical needs, including ignoring her complaints of contractions and failing to provide adequate prenatal care. Moulton's attorney Christopher Smith commented on the suit saying, "Tennessee has one of the highest rates of female incarceration in the nation, which itself has one of the highest rates of female incarceration in the world. We hope this lawsuit shines a light on this often-overlooked social issue and raises awareness of the civil rights of pregnant inmates.”