Daisy Link, a 28-year-old Florida inmate who has been in jail since June 2022, became pregnant while incarcerated and sparked an investigation. Link called her family on Christmas Day to tell them she was pregnant, but the circumstances surrounding the pregnancy are unclear. The Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department is investigating.

A judge postponed a decision Wednesday over whether to transfer a Florida inmate who became pregnant while she was incarcerated from the county jail to house arrest, pending the release of medical and corrections records first.

Daisy Link, 28, has been at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County since June 2022. On Christmas Day, she called family members from jail and told them she was pregnant, according to her sister, Crystal Barreto. The circumstances that led to the pregnancy are unclear, and they have prompted an investigation by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department.

Link is awaiting trial on a charge of second-degree murder, which her attorney, Marlene Montaner, says arose from a domestic violence incident during which Link feared for her life. She has been held without bond at the correctional center, which houses both male and female inmates, and does not have a trial date yet. 

At a hearing Wednesday, Montaner asked state circuit Judge Lody Jean to reconsider a previous order denying Link’s pretrial release, saying Link is now about 19 weeks pregnant but has received prenatal vitamins on only 19 days of her pregnancy. She suggested Link live with her sister under home confinement with electronic monitoring instead of being behind bars.

“There is an alternative to her being incarcerated,” Montaner said in court. “My client’s baby’s health is at risk.” 

Link answered several questions from the judge, agreeing when she was asked whether she consented to have her medical records introduced in court. More medical records dating to the start of her pregnancy will be turned over to the prosecution, and corrections records documenting Link’s requests for health treatment in jail will be turned over to the judge, who will review them to see whether they have evidentiary value and can be used by the defense.