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| Best Maternity Care In PA Prisons |
| By post-gazette.com |
| Published: 10/22/2010 |
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HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania prisons are the best in the nation when it comes to treatment of pregnant inmates, according to a report released today. The National Women's Law Center and Rebecca Project for Human Rights analyzed policies related to prenatal care, shackling of women during childbirth and alternatives to incarceration that allow mothers to be with their children. In state prisons, pregnant inmates receive regular medical exams, lab testing, prenatal vitamins, nutrition counseling, childcare education and post-partum care, said Susan McNaughton, spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections. Pregnant inmates are not shackled during childbirth, but are handcuffed to gurneys during transport to the hospital, Ms. McNaughton said. That has long been the policy in the state prison system, but a new state law now prevents county jails from shackling during childbirth, too. Read More. |
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