Autumn Harris was 34 when she died in the Walker County Jail on Dec. 5, 2018. She had been in jail for three weeks after she failed to appear at a hearing in a misdemeanor theft case.
Autumn Harris was 34 when she died in the Walker County Jail from pneumonia. A lawsuit claims she was denied basic care.The father of an Alabama woman who died from pneumonia in jail will get his day in court next year on allegations jail nurses never treated the ailing inmate, even as she became so weak she couldn’t stand or walk.
“Pneumonia is one of the most common respiratory infections in the United States,” Jones said. “It is one of the most common reasons for hospitalizations. It’s a killer and yet it’s very treatable. In this case, there was a systemic failure from start to finish to apply well-established standard of health care to a patient. Those failures ultimately caused her death.”
Despite her declining health, nurses in the jail failed to provide an inhaler or basic care, the suit says. At one point, they treated her with the anxiety protocol when she reported difficulty breathing. That includes suggestions like taking walks and yoga classes, Jones said. She asked several times to be sent to the hospital, according to the lawsuit.
On the morning of Dec. 5, another inmate told investigators she heard Harris moaning before breakfast. She was unresponsive by breakfast time and correctional officers started CPR.
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