Milwaukee County Sheriff Lev Baldwin, the elected official responsible for the Milwaukee County Jail, did not respond to several requests for an interview about the Ballard case. Sheriff's Deputy Inspector Michael Johnson said that nearly five months after the incident, an internal investigation is still being conducted to determine what went wrong that night. A birth in the jail is an extraordinary event. Johnson later confirmed that Milwaukee County Jail houses anywhere between 15 and 30 pregnant women at any given time. Johnson said one reason why the investigation was taking so long was that one of the key figures was on an extended medical leave.
Incident reports completed by the deputies on duty that night are somewhat contradictory.
This time, nurse Terry Herzog told the deputies to take Ballard out of the pod and place her in the attorney cubicle, where he'd see her soon. There was no mention in the report of Bergman's or Arredondo's presence in Ballard's cell when she pressed the emergency button. It is still unclear why no action was taken when Ballard first complained about labor pains or why she was never moved to another room as suggested by the nurse. According to Ballard, she had complained of labor pains earlier in the evening as the second shift ended. Teresa said she received some medical care prior to her child's birth, meeting with the nurse health practitioner several times.