Makyla Brown, who experienced significant adversity, faced multiple health challenges while incarcerated at Santa Rita Jail. After multiple seizures and deteriorating health, her attorney successfully argued for her release after prosecutors could not prove their case against her. Despite her freedom, Brown continues to suffer health issues, having experienced severe incidents, including paralysis. Her experience highlights ongoing concerns about inadequate medical care for inmates, exemplified by previous abuse cases at the jail, leading to federal oversight and charges against jail staff for neglect.
Brown suffered the first of many seizures in Santa Rita Jail when she was 20. During her incarceration, she'd passed out in her cell dozens of times, lost the use of her legs and repeatedly begged to go to a hospital.
Brown's three-year murder case ended with a bittersweet twist. After two years in jail and her health rapidly deteriorating... prosecutors decided that they couldn't prove it after all. Brown, who faced life in prison if convicted, was free to go.
Her saga is the latest in a series of controversies over medical treatment of inmates at Dublin's Santa Rita Jail. Last year... a dozen sheriff's deputies and medical staffers were charged with allowing a man to die slowly.
Brown says she suffered so many seizures that jail staff issued her a helmet so she wouldn't continue to crack teeth or bust her head open when she hit the concrete floor.
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