Pregnant State Prisoners Delivered From Shackles
From Times Wire Reports
Pregnant prisoners in Arkansas will no longer be shackled while in labor, under a new state Department of Correction policy. Women considered risky will be held with soft restraints and all other pregnant prisoners will be under a guard’s supervision.
The changes follow a complaint by an inmate who gave birth and said she was shackled during much of her labor and chained again shortly after she had her baby.
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