mothers in prison
Can Prisons Take Care of Pregnant Women?
by Rachel Roth, RH Reality Check
November 13, 2011 - 11:15pm (Print)
As the Massachusetts Legislature considers this year’s crop of criminal justice reform bills, one that has not gotten much attention is a measure to ensure proper treatment of pregnant women in jail and prison.
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Will Governor Brown Keep Pregnant and Laboring Women in Chains?
The bill to prevent the shackling of pregnant women in CA's prisons, is the California State Sheriff's Association's top priority for a veto. It means more for them to veto this bill than any other bill on the Governor's desk right now. Those who follow politics in Sacramento know this does not bode well.
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Behind Bars for Being Pregnant and HIV-Positive
by Margo Kaplan, Center for HIV Law and Policy
June 10, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
While some states do criminalize HIV exposure, a U.S. District Judge does more than this - he imprisons a woman for the mere possibility that she might transmit HIV in the future.
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