Alabama woman sues alleging she gave birth on prison floor as guards watched

Tiffany McElroy says inmates assisted in delivering her baby in May 2024 after jail staff left her to fend for herself

An Alabama woman has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that her civil rights and those of her infant daughter were violated after jail staff where she was incarcerated allegedly left her to labor alone for more than a day.

Tiffany McElroy, now 28, was booked into an Alabama jail in May 2024. Three days after arriving, she said she felt her water break weeks before she was expected to give birth.