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Current Laws
The Second Chance Act (2007)
The Act authorizes grants for States to develop family-based substance abuse treatment for nonviolent parents. It also requires the Bureau of Prisons to submit a report to Congress on the practice of shackling pregnant women in federal prisons.
In the News
Staying With Children, and Out of Prison
The New York Times - 9/21/11
Shackles Present for Delivery
Chicago Tribune - 7/18/10
Women Chained During Birth
National Public Radio - 7/16/10
Shackling bill gets House nod
Boulder Weekly - 5/13/10
Shackling bill moves forward
Boulder Weekly - 4/22/10
Illinois prison program guides new mothers
Pantagraph.com (Bloomington, IL) - 4/12/10
Babies born to prisoners should stay with moms, but not in lockup
Grio.com - 4/12/10
Parenting programs for prisoners to expand
KOMU-TV, Jefferson City, MO - 4/8/10
The Drug War: A War on Women and Their Families
AlterNet - 4/5/10
Governor Gregoire signs bill barring shackling of pregnant inmates
Seattle Times - 3/23/10
Bill against shackling pregnant inmates in labor moves ahead
Philadelpia Weekly - 1/26/10
Giving birth in PA prisons
Philadelpia Weekly - 1/19/10
Women in prison
BBC News (Video) - 1/9/10
The US women shackled during childbirth
BBC News - 1/9/10
Stop Shackling Inmate Mothers
Huffington Post.com, Pat Nolan - 10/15/09
Abuse of female prisoners
Letter to the Editor, New York Times - 10/2/09
Breaking out: programs help female inmates
The Salt Lake Tribune- 9/4/09
Group discusses female prisoners
The Oklahoman - 9/4/09
Mothers rocking the prison cradle
The Huffington Post Blog - 6/23/09
Inmates: Mother's cries ignored before baby died
WKBT.com - 4/06/09
Women prisoners struggle in a man's world
News-Record - 2/15/09
Edna Mahan inmates get life lessons before returning to their old lives
The Express-Times - 2/12/09
CIW nursery program will help inmates, babies bond
Contra Costa Times - 1/23/09
Shackles not what doctor ordered
The Free Lance-Star - 1/14/09
Success outside Oklahoma prison is job's goal
The Daily Oklahoman - 1/11/09
Class helps give inmates a future
Worcester Telegram and Gazette News - 12/21/08
Report: Female Inmate Population Is Increasing
Concord Monitor - 12/16/08
Letters of Sorrow and Need
Las Vegas Sun - 12/07/08
A Mother's Bedtime Story, Told from Inside Prison
The Oregonian - 11/12/08
In Ohio, Inmate Mothers Care for Babies in Prison
National Public Radio, Morning Edition - 8/13/08
National Ire over Prosecuting Pregnant Drug Moms
Foster's Daily Democrat - 8/03/08
Pregnant Behind Bars
Providence Journal - 6/22/2008
Birth behind Bars: Doulas Offer Advice, Help to Incarcerated Mothers
The Seattle Times - 5/29/08
Mothers Forced to Give Birth in Shackles
By Malika Saada Saar
Politico - 5/8/08
A Painful Choice for Moms in Prison
The Mercury News - 4/18/08
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