NY Says No to Shackled Prison Births: 44 States Still Say Yes

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	NY Says No to Shackled Prison Births: 44 States Still Say Yes

zizzy

8-27-2009 6:02 PM

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zizzy says:

In any case, it's a small, humane step for a very, very troubled American institution.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dca50a23-6e0e-4f37-be52-20680fb7dd35/538C1B0C-1657-477D-A0A0-51DBB99D9DE8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/ny-says-no-shackled-prison-births-44-states-go" href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/ny-says-no-shackled-prison-births-44-states-go" style="font-size: 11px;">www.motherjones.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/ny-says-no-shackled-prison-births-44-states-go">Are America’s law-and-order pols finally getting some humanity? Well, at least this week, at least in New York state, where Gov. <A href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2008/03/meet-david-paterson-next-governor-new-york">David Paterson</A> has signed a bill banning the shackling of incarcerated pregnant women during labor and recovery.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/ny-says-no-shackled-prison-births-44-states-go">At the time, our 2008 prison package, entitled <A href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/07/slammed-welcome-age-incarceration"><EM>Slammed: The Coming Prison Meltdown</EM></A>, we noted that 48 states allowed shackling, which the College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist noted puts “the health and lives of women and unborn children at risk.”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/ny-says-no-shackled-prison-births-44-states-go">This week, the American Civil Liberties Union told the <A href="http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/08/25/new-york-pregnant-inmates-cannot-be-shackled/">Associated Press</A> that, with New York, six states—including <A href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/07/why-texas-still-holds-em">Texas</A>, Illinois, <A href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/07/convicting-california">California</A>, <A href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/07/what-nutraloaf-anyway">Vermont</A>, and New Mexico—will have prohibited the practice; two others, Massachusetts and Tennessee are considering bans</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/ny-says-no-shackled-prison-births-44-states-go">The New York law still allows women to be shackled if their behavior is deemed a threat to hospital or <A href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/07/when-prison-guards-go-soft">prison guards</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/08/ny-says-no-shackled-prison-births-44-states-go">an ACLU laywer cited continuing complaints of shackling even in states where it is limited</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/538C1B0C-1657-477D-A0A0-51DBB99D9DE8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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