A Kentucky black history museum known for “shackling” patrons and posting “white guilt” videos is expected to receive a $1 ...

In California, we shackle pregnant women in prison. And despite widespread opposition, we will continue to do so. Last week, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have ordered ...

A few days ago, Mie Lewis blogged on the importance, and challenges, of protecting women in the criminal justice system. A recent report by the Rebecca Project and the National Women's Law Center ...

MADISON - Peggy West-Schroder was born while her mother was incarcerated at the state’s women's prison, Taycheedah Correctional Facility. During pregnancy, her mother was shackled during medical ...

Shackling incarcerated pregnant women in Pennsylvania prisons may soon be prohibited as a sweeping bill to change the way correctional facilities treat pregnant inmates advanced in the state House of ...

Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said he will appeal a judge’s recent ruling ordering his department to stop its blanket policy of shackling inmates at the waist inside county courthouses, publicly ...

Thirteen years ago, then-20-year-old Aniya Wiley was 37 weeks pregnant. She says she feared for the life of her unborn child after being arrested and sent to a correctional facility on Harding Pike, ...

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MADISON (WKOW) -- Physical restraints such as handcuffs or leg shackles are used on incarcerated pregnant women despite a reduced risk of assault or escape among them. Studies show that an estimated ...

The Tennessee legislature gave its final approval to a bill on Thursday that would restrict the use of shackles and other restraints on pregnant inmates — the latest state to limit what medical ...