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| Former Missouri inmate sues Jackson County for transporting her while shackled during labor |
| By therepublic.com- Maria Sudekum |
| Published: 10/16/2015 |
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri — A former Jackson County inmate filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing county employees of cruel and unusual punishment for shackling her while she was pregnant and transporting her to a prison more than three hours away on the same day she gave birth. Megon Riedel claims in the federal lawsuit in Kansas City that she was 39 weeks pregnant on Oct. 5, 2012, when workers at the Jackson County Detention Center put her in handcuffs and shackles and drove her to a state prison in Vandalia, more than 200 miles away. "I don't feel anybody should be treated that way," Riedel, 28, said during a phone interview Thursday. "It was hell." The Jackson County Detention Center has come under scrutiny since the county and the FBI acknowledged in August that they're investigating cases of guards accused of abusing inmates at the facility. The county also has appointed a citizen's task force to look into practices at the center. Read More. |
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