Spice horror prisoner brain damaged for life
A YOUNG man who was brought back to life after taking Spice and collapsing in Forest Bank prison has suffered permanent brain damage.
Jordan Higham was one of three inmates who collapsed after taking the banned substance at the Agecroft jail.
Two weeks later and the 20-yearold is still lying in the intensive care unit at Salford Royal Hospital.
Today doctors told his father, Edd, that his son has suffered permanent damage to the majority of his brain.
His future is now uncertain but the family have been told it will be a long time before he can return home in Atherton, Wigan.
Edd said: “Jordan had a tracheostomy done last Saturday in the hope it would help him to breathe better and to try and bring him round.
“The results of the brain scan came back yesterday and the majority of his brain is damaged, it may heal itself to some degree but he will still be brain damaged.
“No matter what happens he can still come home but he will be in for a very long time yet.
“I will be taught how to change his tracheostomy pipe and learn how to feed him via the tube.
“He will have permanent damage but we won’t know how severe until they are able to wake him up. He will always need looking after. His future at the moment is unknown until they’re able to wake him up.”
Prison guards and medics rushed to help three men, including Jordan, who collapsed at the prison after taking the illegal substance.
Jordan was brought back to life when they restarted his heart and suffered severe swelling to the brain.
Jordan, who has never been in prison before, had previously spent time living on the streets and had been known to take legal highs, but never Spice.
Edd says he cannot understand how his son was able to gain access to Spice, a form of synthetic cannabinoids, while in prison. The first he heard about his son’s condition was when a police officer knocked on his door to give him the news. He has warned anyone who may consider taking Spice to stay away from the drug. “It destroys families and wrecks lives,” he said. The powerful image of Jordan battling for his life in hospital has been handed out to inmates at the Category B jail in a bid to scare them off Spice. It is hoped the details of Jordan’s experience – used in agreement with his family – will act ‘as a deterrent’ to others. Jordan Higham’s dad Edd