Kaiden
Kaiden was a baby boy whose mother, Lidia Lech, had named him before his death. He died in the womb while she was held at the Western Massachusetts Regional Women's Correctional Center in Hampden County. Her lawsuit says staff repeatedly sent her back to routine advice despite worsening symptoms, and that an autopsy found placental abruption and infection that could have been treated. The sheriff's office said she received quality care. The Hampden sheriff's death records identified him only as "baby boy."
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). Lidia Lech's lawsuit says placental abruption and infection, cited from an autopsy, caused the death, and that staff repeatedly sent her back to routine advice despite worsening symptoms; the sheriff's office maintains she received quality care.
Reported by: Lidia Lech's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: Lidia Lech filed a lawsuit alleging that staff at the Western Massachusetts Regional Women's Correctional Center repeatedly sent her back to routine advice despite worsening symptoms, and that an infection could have been treated before her son Kaiden died in her womb.