What makes this case notable is that not only does it highlight the destruction of lives caused by drugs, in this case methamphetamine, but it is also related to the premature birth of a baby while Baca was in Apache County. I once charged $10.5 million. prison. Despite a request for public records from Apache County regarding the settlement of the allegations, the amount paid, if any, is not yet known to the public.

There were a number of criminal cases filed against Baca in 2017 and 2018, and she settled them all with three count pleas. Specifically, Baca pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess dangerous drugs for sale and committed a class 2 felony. Criminal damages, class 5 felony. and possession or use of dangerous drugs, a class 4 felony.

Baca was charged on December 21, 2017 with felony criminal damages and possession of dangerous drugs and drug paraphernalia for sale. She was 18 at the time and was released pending trial. About a month later, on January 17, 2018, law enforcement officers issued a warrant to her Springerville residence in connection with a heroin sales investigation. As a result of that search, on February 2, 2018, authorities filed five new counts against her related to possession of drug paraphernalia and charged her with possession of dangerous drugs, again. I was.

Baca appeared in Apache County Superior Court on February 26, 2018, accusing him of going to Springerville to pursue new charges while he was being released from the original case after court proceedings on the 2017 charges were made. Detained. If her official documents are dated correctly, she was pregnant at the time of her detention.

Baka allegedly continued to use drugs while she was held in the Apache County Jail. On April 17, 2018, prison surveillance footage prompted an investigation. She was suspected of receiving a large amount of meth hidden in a book that another inmate slipped under her cell door. When authorities searched her cell, she was found to have a packet of methamphetamine hidden in her “rice bag.” At that time, she was about four months pregnant. Baka was charged as a contraband prisoner, and she was charged with possession of dangerous drugs and drug-related paraphernalia related to prison investigations.

Around 1 August 2018, Baka gave birth in a prison cell at about 30 weeks old. Detention staff, including a nurse who traveled in her other vehicle, loaded her into the vehicle and began driving her to Show Low.On the way, Baka gave birth to a premature baby, identified as “EB” in her records

The baby wasn’t breathing when he was born, so nurses cleared the airway and saved his life. Both Baca and the baby were flown to the Valley for treatment, and “EB” she remained hospitalized for two months, the allegation states. Baka returned to prison, and a few weeks later she again attended a prison disciplinary hearing, where she was accused of assault and disorderly conduct on Aug. 17.

The Apache County Board of Supervisors later awarded detention nurse Destiny Kirk an award for saving the lives of babies and idiots. Detainee Cpl. Raymond Rose was also commended for her actions.

On January 24, 2019, Baka served the county a $10.5 million “claim notice” through Scottsdale attorneys warning him that he intended to sue the county and some of its employees. When suing a government agency, he must serve notice of the claim on the official within six months of the incident at issue. This will allow time for the agency to investigate and evaluate the allegation.

The claim notice alleges merciless mistreatment of the idiot by prison officials, including allegations that she was tied up during childbirth, which is expressly prohibited by Arizona law. was born with “permanent brain damage” as a result of the baby’s head hitting the floor behind her.

Her attorney did not respond to requests regarding the status of the claim. As noted, a public records request to Apache County produced only stupid prison records, but no information about the status of the claim.

On October 9, 2018, she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs for sale, a charge she was on probation for. This is a class 2 felony. Criminal damages, class 5 felony. and possession or use of dangerous drugs, a class 4 felony. She was sentenced to drug probation and ordered to pay a fine of approximately $2,682, including her $254 to prison and return.

She had apparently been on probation successfully for months, but on February 22, 2021, the state announced that she had tested positive for meth in January of that year. I filed a petition to cancel Idiot’s probation. It is also said that she recently attempted suicide and was ordered by her probation officer to be admitted to an inpatient facility. Baca told a police officer on February 5 that she had checked into a particular facility, but the officer allegedly discovered she had not checked in.

Later, on February 12, she was instructed to check into another facility, but was discharged the same day against her doctor’s advice.

On April 5, 2021, Baka appeared in court and admitted to violating one of the terms of his medical probation. Her court noted she was brought in from the Navajo County Jail – it’s unclear if that’s because of her many problems while in the Apache County Jail.

Baka was put back on probation, which is less common in Apache County. In fact, presiding judge Michael Latham has sometimes stated that the county just doesn’t have the resources to keep the conviction over and over on probation. He was released from prison that day.

Unfortunately, on March 2nd of this year, a drug test detected meth and she was arrested.

Treatment of amphetamine dependence

Stimulants, as the name suggests, are powerfully addictive drugs, according to the article. Time to relapse after treatment with methamphetamine use: a long-term perspective on patterns and predictors. Mary-Lynn Brecht and Diane Herbeck published June 2014 in the National Library of Medicine National Center for Biotechnology Information: Only 23% of stimulant users remained abstinent throughout the observed follow-up period, and the abstinence period was 22 to 90 months. “Therefore, 77% of the sample relapsed to her MA use within the observed follow-up period and completed the 0–79 months of abstinence,” they conclude.

Another study published in The Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology found that of 83 participants with stimulant dependence, 58 returned to stimulant use, with an abstinence rate of about 30%.

Statistics do not absolve idiots of responsibility.She apparently acquired her addiction through voluntary misconduct and didn’t take advantage of the resources available to her to get clean.

But this is a tragedy, and while this observation may seem far-fetched, the plight of mountain goats and bighorn sheep comes to mind. Humans are not the only ones forced to change conditions destructively, as reported in the journals of the natural world. Some goats and sheep are said to grind their teeth and starve to death while trying to ingest the “white foam” lichen from the rocks, which are suspected to have hallucinogenic properties.

Regarding the criminal justice system, criminal sanctions have two goals. Punishment (which provides a deterrent to the perpetrator individually and society as a whole) and social rehabilitation. The vast prison industry emphasizes the emphasis on the punitive part of criminal sentencing, and advances in medicine may be able to advance the rehabilitation aspect as well. envisions the day when science can block receptors in the brain that respond to chemicals in drugs. As a result, a person can take all the medicines they need and not get high. Virological medicine has advanced the treatment of COVID-19 and HIV-AIDS by blocking the receptors that cause infection. We may see similar advances in neurology.

Meanwhile, Baca faces five years in prison.