Pre-edit: I was arguing murder too but I think it'd technically "just" be neglect, in the US. Even though I think they neglected her intentionally when they had a duty of care. IDK, IANAL.
Seems like she was terrified that she'd lose her child shortly after delivery. She was threatening suicide if it happened, and I'm going to guess was not in a healthy state of mind altogether. What that means to me is that they should have, you know... watched her more closely? I don't know if she was premature, but stress can trigger that. She was receiving medical care (without ANY privacy, apparently) so the guards had to know she could go into labor at any time.
Not only did they neglect to notice her go into labor... Their own records show that she called for help three times.
I do not care how much animosity had built up, nothing could justify what they did: isolate her during a likely medical emergency. I didn't see any sort of explanation for how they missed the situation, and I don't think there can be one.
Even a violent offender... wait wait, she was "on remand", she hadn't even been tried yet?? Christ! First-time charge, too.
Okay but *even* a violent offender must be provided with proper medical care. You know, like these guards when they definitely go to prison themselves /s. But seriously, it's not a problem that they're getting counseling. What's important is that the system somehow failed to provide the mother with proper counseling (including BEFORE this happened, when she was terrified).
Also if the guards could face justice for what they did, that would make other guards think twice next time. It's great that imprisoned mothers are getting more phone access for services though, hopefully that makes it easier to expose dangerous conditions like these before they become deadly.