Lisa Brown takes full responsibility for why she ended up briefly behind bars. But now she says a 20-day jail sentence has left her with a life sentence of partial paralysis and disability.

‘They were moving me all around and I had a broken neck.’

Imagine falling and breaking your neck, but no one takes you to the hospital right away.

That’s exactly what a local woman says happened to her inside the St. Clair County Jail and now she’s trying to make sure something like this doesn’t happen to anyone else.

Lisa Brown takes full responsibility for why she ended up briefly behind bars. But now she says a 20-day jail sentence has left her with a life sentence of partial paralysis and disability.

  • Classy
    16·
    7 months ago

    The article states clearly how she fell. She was sleeping on the top bunk in her cell, about 6’ off the ground, and apparently she rolled off and hit the ground, causing a cervical fracture.

    • Darrell_Winfield@lemmy.world
      75·
      7 months ago

      Right, I read that part. I’m not very knowledgeable on the topic, but wouldn’t a top bunk have a railing?

      For what it’s worth, I’ve seen plenty of inmates who “fell from the top bunk” and they have obvious knuckle marks on their cheeks from being punched. So I’m a little suspicious of those kinds of “falls”.

      • Custoslibera@lemmy.world
        6·
        7 months ago

        Railing on the top bunk could be a hanging risk.

        Depends on the type of cell they were housed in. May have been an observation or dry cell.

        • BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world
          1·
          7 months ago

          It’s been 11 years, but I’m almost positive our bunks in bootcamp had railings on at least the top bunk. I was Navy, other branches may have been different, but they’re not just for little kids.