November 26, 2011
Nashville prisoner sues CCA for millions after having miscarriage
Metro’s treatment of pregnant prisoners is being called into question again by a Nashville woman who claims that prison staff denied her requests to take a pregnancy test, assigned her a strenuous work schedule and then destroyed her fetus after she suffered a miscarriage.
Lisa Marie Allison has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit in Davidson County Circuit Court alleging constitutional violations, negligence, medical malpractice, wrongful death and other claims.
Allison was sent to Metro’s Correctional Development Center on Harding Place in November 2010 for a probation violation and was given a pregnancy test at intake. Although Allison suspected she was pregnant, the test came back negative...
LINK - Tennessean.com
