shackling pregnant women
Unchain My Heart: The Shackling of Pregnant Women in Prison Needs to Stop
We thought passing our antishackling bill would be easy. After all, who would want to be seen arguing that pregnant women should wear chains?
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In a Victory, Virginia Prisons Will Limit the Shackling of Pregnant Women
by Katherine Greenier, ACLU-VA
August 19, 2011 - 8:37am (Print)
Fourteen states currently limit the use of restraints on pregnant inmates, and now Virginia is one of the few states with forward-thinking policies regarding the use of restraints on pregnant inmates. However, local and regional jails in Virginia are not subject to the DOC regulations, so pregnant women at those facilities are still at risk.
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