An Alabama woman was imprisoned for ‘endangering’ her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower

Exclusive: Ashley Caswell, one of a growing number of jailed pregnant women in Etowah county, is suing officials after she was denied care

In March 2021, sheriffs in Etowah county, Alabama, arrested Ashley Caswell on accusations that she'd tested positive for methamphetamine while pregnant and was endangering" her fetus.

Caswell, who was two months pregnant at the time, became one of a growing number of women imprisoned in the county in the name of protecting their unborn children".