"Ashley Stevens has scars inside and out from her time in an Ontario jail. It's not because she was involved in violent confrontations with other inmates, but because she suffered a miscarriage and then an unrelated infection. I got sepsis, said Stevens, who was treated at an Ottawa-area hospital. The doctor even said if I didn't come in when I did, I would have been dead."
"When she returned to jail, she noticed a wound on her left buttock that was painful and swollen. I was just feeling really sick, but not, like, pregnancy sick. I felt like I was dying, and I ended up passing out, said Stevens. She was taken back to hospital and had surgery to remove the failed pregnancy from her uterus. While there, Stevens said a doctor told her the wound on her buttocks had gone septic."
Ashley Stevens, 30, spent four months in the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre after breaching bail conditions for domestic-violence-related offences. The day she was admitted she discovered she was pregnant; weeks later she experienced heavy bleeding for five days before hospital transfer, where doctors confirmed a miscarriage and performed surgery to remove the failed pregnancy. After returning to custody she developed a painful, swollen wound on her left buttock that became septic. Correctional officers minimized the wound and advised only to avoid it unless it worsened. Access to jail medical care was limited, with doctor visits allowed once a month for only brief encounters. Stevens suffered serious health consequences from delayed treatment.
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