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NY Times Editorial: "Protecting Mother and Child" and links to Rebecca Project Info on State by State Shackling Policies

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Editorial NY Times Protecting Mother and Child Published: August 21, 2009 Obstetricians and other medical professionals have long called for an end to the barbaric and medically risky practice of shackling pregnant prisoners ? by their legs, wrists and even around their abdomens ? during labor. The Federal Bureau of Prisons ended routine shackling last year and limited the use of restraints to instances in which the women were at clear risk of harming themselves, their infants or others. Five states and the New York City corrections system have adopted similar policies. Even so, a bill that would end shackling in New York?s state prisons and county jails that sailed through the Legislature seemed in danger of being vetoed because of strong opposition from corrections officials...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 22, 2009 (boomark / email).