Female Inmate Breaks Neck Spends 65 Hours on Michigan Jail Floor

A female inmate falls off the top bunk in a Michigan County jail and breaks her neck but instead of going to the hospital, she spends 65 hours on the jail floor.

What is Supposed to Happen When a Person Breaks Their Neck?

No matter how you break your neck it is one of the most serious of all injuries to have happened to you. You can get paralyzed or even die from a serious neck fracture. It can be scary because of the extreme pain, and swelling, and the fear intensifies if you lose feeling in your arms and legs.

When a person injures their neck, they should not be moved except by professionals who will be taking the injured person to the hospital immediately.

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Female Inmate Breaks Neck and Lays of Floor for 65 Hours

A Michigan woman was sentenced to jail for 20 days for driving while intoxicated. A few days into her sentence she fell from her bunk six feet while asleep and broke her neck. When sheriff deputies found her on the floor they told her repeatedly to get up and when she did not get up, they loaded her onto a wheelchair to an observation room and not an ambulance or hospital.

Maybe the deputies thought she was faking because this is something many inmates do, but she still wound up laying on the floor for 65 hours except for the half a dozen times deputies set her up. While on the ground the woman didn't eat or use the restroom.

According to WXYZ, Lisa Brown suffered a cervical spine fracture. Brown no longer has full use of one of her hands, and can barely walk, even after hours of rehabilitation.

When she does walk it is only for a short distance. Brown has hired an attorney and is suing St. Clair County, the Sheriff's Office, and CHS TX Inc. (a company hired to handle medical problems inside the jail).