MILWAUKEE -- Four people have died in the Milwaukee County Jail since April, and an expectant mother is now seeking $8.5 million in damages after her child died while she was giving birth in the jail in July.

According to a Journal Sentinel report, a lawyer for Shadé Swayzer, 30, has filed a notice of claim against the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, alleging that jail staff are responsible for the death of her child.

Swayzer told a corrections officer her water broke and she was going into labor, but the officer laughed and ignored her. Her child was pronounced dead later that day. The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office says Swayzer never told jail staff she was going into labor, and that the baby was stillborn, according to the Journal Sentinel's report.