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NY Considers Law to Ban Shackling Pregnant Inmates

Posted September 6, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) -- For nearly four hours before she gave birth, Venita Pinckney had a chain wrapped around her swollen abdomen. Her ankles were shackled together and her hands were cuffed.

The 37-year-old was in a maximum-security prison for violating parole. An officer told her the use of restraints…

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