Christa Pike says she’s been back in ER since her botched execution and forced to clean roach-infested shower

Christa Pike was taken to the emergency room and says she has been forced to clean a “roach-infested shower” since her botched execution, according to a report.Pike had previously been discharged and returned to prison after surviving two lethal injections of the drug pentobarbital in Nashville on September 30. The now-50-year-old had received the death penalty after being convicted in 1996 of a murder in Tennessee she carried out a year earlier with her then-boyfriend.​Pike has since been “returned to the emergency room once” after being discharged, according to a personal declaration filed by her legal team in a bid to be reintegrated with part of the prison population. The details were revealed in an emergency motion and obtained by PEOPLE. She was not readmitted to ER for inpatient care.​The convicted murderer added that she has been made to carry out tasks such as cleaning a “roach-infested shower,” arguing that the tasks put her at a “high risk of infection and further injury.”​In her October 30 statement, Pike detailed her condition following the September 30 execution attempt.Convicted murderer Christa Pike has returned to the ER once following her return to prison following a botched execution (Reuters)​“Several days later I woke up alone in a hospital confused and in pain,” she said. “There hasn't been a moment since that night when I haven't been in pain.”​Pike added, “My body hurts. My arms hurt. My hands hurt. My throat hurts. I still struggle to speak.”​The 50-year-old says in the personal declaration reviewed by PEOPLE that she wishes to return to the prison, but cannot remain in the pod she previously occupied.​“This pod houses inmates with significant histories of assaults and disciplinary problems,” she alleged. “In my two years living in this pod after entering into the settlement, I witnessed multiple assaults by close custody inmates of other inmates and guards, multiple individuals who were undergoing acute psychological breakdowns, and significant danger.”Pike said on October 30 that there ‘hasn’t been a moment since’ the night of her execution when she hasn’t been in pain (Tennessee Department of Correction)​Pike is seeking to be able to join “group meals, group classes, lobby time, group religious services, work assignments, or shared recreation.”​A deadline for defendants to respond to the filing was set for November 4 by a judge, with Pike’s team then having until November 6 to respond to defendants.Pike was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder back in 1996, after she and her then-boyfriend tortured and killed their Job Corps classmate Colleen Slemmer a year earlier.​Tadaryl Shipp, Pike’s former boyfriend, was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. He was 17 years old at the time of the murder, making him ineligible for the death penalty.​Pike had been 18 at the time of the murder.