Jailed immigrants lack adequate health care, rights groups say

WASHINGTON - Maria Inamagua, an illegal immigrant from Ecuador, was awaiting deportation in the Ramsey County Jail in St. Paul, Minn., in April 2006 when she began complaining of severe headaches and dizziness.

Five weeks later, Inamagua, 30, was dead. She received only Tylenol for her pain. One afternoon, she fainted after hitting her head while getting down from her bunk. Jail medical officials observed her worsening condition for four hours before taking her to Regions Hospital in St. Paul.