Restraints in Labor and Delivery

Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA) Policy on Shackling during Childbirth
ASCA_Corrections_Directions_0809.pdf

BBC News video
Women in prison
BBC News (Video) - Jan. 1, 2010

Shackling of Pregnant Women in Custody
The Rebecca Project for Human Rights - 2009

Pregnant Incarcerated Women, The Most Forgotten of the Forgotten
Women's Law Project - February 2010

Corrections_Directions_Survey_on_Shackling.pdf
American Association of Correctional Administrators - August 2009

Giving Birth in Chains: The Shackling of Incarcerated Women During Labor and Delivery
By Anna Clark - July 2009



IN THE NEWS

Childbirth in Chains
Chicago Tribune - July 19, 2010

Difficult births: Laboring and delivering in shackles
National Public Radio - July 16, 2010

House (Pennsylvania) passes bill banning shackling inmates during childbirth
WHTM.com (ABC news) - June 29, 2010

State settles with inmate shackled during labor
KingTV.com- May 20, 2010

Governor Gregoire signs bill barring shackling of pregnant inmates
Seattle Times - March 23, 2010

Bill would prevent shackling of inmates in labor
Idaho Reporter - March 4, 2010

(Washington) Senate passed bill to ban most shackles on pregnant inmates
Capital Record - March 2, 2010

Washington Legislature Poised to Restrict Shackling of Pregnant Inmates
Northwest Public Radio - March 2, 2010

Hard Labor
BBC News (Video) - January 2010
Courtesy of Maternity Care Coalition

Prisoners Suing for Being Shackled During Childbirth
WBEZ-FM Chicago Public Radio - Dec. 16, 2009

New Law Bans Shackling of Incarcerated Women in Labor
The Correctional Association of New York News CA Bulletin - Fall, 2009